 Joined: 10/01/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,024 Location: Den Helder, Noord-Holland
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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 |
Figomima division, UP; mostly figment of my imagination yet. |
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Digital 11m2 layout / C (M&K) tracks / Era IV / CS3 60226 / Train Controller Gold 9 with 4D sound. Mainly Danish and German Locomotives. |
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Joined: 10/01/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,024 Location: Den Helder, Noord-Holland
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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 …
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 Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,319 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest
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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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Joined: 20/01/2015(UTC) Posts: 1,201 Location: Kerikeri
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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)
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Northland. NZ REMEMBER 0228 for ä |
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Joined: 31/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 3,994 Location: Paremata, Wellington
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Originally Posted by: Torbjorn  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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