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jerdenberg		#1 Posted : 17 December 2017 12:07:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/01/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,011 Location: Den Helder, Noord-Holland		When I unpacked a group of cars that had been stored for several years, two of the ten exhibited a phenomenon I have never seen before: The car bottoms had "frozen" in the form seen in the photo, and when I tried very gently to test the flexibility of one, it broke in two. The cars will have to become spare part items. Has anybody seem anything similar, I wonder? Jeroen
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Danlake		#2 Posted : 17 December 2017 12:21:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,571		Hi Joroen, See these old posts: https://www.marklin-user...boxcars---Zinkpest-today https://www.marklin-user...st---the-plastic-version A modern version of the old zinc pest... unfortunately Brgds Lasse
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jerdenberg		#3 Posted : 17 December 2017 13:14:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/01/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,011 Location: Den Helder, Noord-Holland		Thanks Lasse, for pointing me to historical predecessors. Those posts are from the time span I more or less ignored this hobby. I was unaware of the problem; never seen it in any other of the ~150 similar cars I own … Jeroen
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Minok		#4 Posted : 18 December 2017 22:16:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,311 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest		Yeah, its a shame. The quality of the metal used in the zinc based casting of the warped lower section of the car can result in crystallization (if I remember the term right) and deformation over time.
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Torbjorn		#5 Posted : 11 February 2018 01:21:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2010(UTC) Posts: 16 Location: Norway		Please read my Zinc Pest story here: https://www.marklin-user...inkpest-today#post563088

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dominator		#6 Posted : 11 February 2018 01:56:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/01/2015(UTC) Posts: 1,196 Location: Kerikeri		So there really are some genuine Marklin haters out there. I agree with you Torbjorn. I would do the same thing under these circumstances. Please note, not following shipping instructs is Something that happens here in NZ. I told some of my suppliers that if they paid peanuts, they got monkeys. I was threatened with all sorts of bullshit but I never bought of them again. I do my best to maintain a high standard of integrity. After all, I sell products to my customers so I expect my suppliers to treat me like THEIR customer. Dereck Edited by user 11 February 2018 06:47:41(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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cookee_nz		#7 Posted : 11 February 2018 03:41:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 3,955 Location: Paremata, Wellington		Originally Posted by: Torbjorn Please read my Zinc Pest story here: https://www.marklin-user...inkpest-today#post563088 Hi Torbjorn, Please revisit your referred post and my comments to it requesting to edit a couple of terms used, they are probably borderline at least Thanks Cookee
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