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AntoinePrt		#51 Posted : 13 January 2021 19:34:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/01/2017(UTC) Posts: 143 Location: Ile-de-France, Paris		And in picture (Pictures from Olaerts) Delivery in France expected end of January. Priority given to retailers in Belgium. https://www.facebook.com...ts/1599129296938989/?d=n A.

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DasBert33		#52 Posted : 14 January 2021 09:05:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/01/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,245		Looking forward to the first R1 radius tests! Edit: never mind. I rechecked the online user manual, and there it states a minimum radius of 360mm/R1. There is only a warning about it being a large model and that you carefully need check whether it fits. I wonder why they then specify minimum R2 in the announcements in the first place? Edited by user 15 January 2021 11:47:13(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified


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DasBert33		#53 Posted : 20 January 2021 15:00:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/01/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,245		In the mean time, my dad's 39480 loco arrived so I was able to see it run around R1 turns for myself. Hard to see where it is incompatible with R1 loading gauge, if at all. I have the impression that standard long coaches stick out more in curves on both sides, so it must be something very subtle. It has a very nice american-style whistle (which is absolutely correct afaik). Was not able to test all the sounds because the Ecos2 from my dad needs to be updated to support more than 16 functions. B


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mrmarklin		#54 Posted : 20 January 2021 23:51:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 895 Location: Burney, CA		Originally Posted by: DasBert33 Looking forward to the first R1 radius tests! Edit: never mind. I rechecked the online user manual, and there it states a minimum radius of 360mm/R1. There is only a warning about it being a large model and that you carefully need check whether it fits. I wonder why they then specify minimum R2 in the announcements in the first place? The reason is that some of the older R1 M-Track turnouts use out of scale lanterns that might interfere with smooth operation. Also the R1 curved bridge section can be a problem unless there are transition curves preceding them. Then of course, there are always misplaced catenary masts and signals that are potential problems as well.
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AntoinePrt		#55 Posted : 26 January 2021 17:44:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/01/2017(UTC) Posts: 143 Location: Ile-de-France, Paris		Available in France! No problem on R1. It’s made for (just read the manual if you’re not convinced ...) A.

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Donb		#56 Posted : 29 May 2021 17:05:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 289 Location: Fraser Valley		Hi, I received mine recently, and out of the box the front and rear bogies would derail on all of my C track turnouts at any speed. So off to the workbench it went, I remove the front and rear bogies and adjusted the springs for more downward spring pressure. Now it runs like a champ on all of my turn outs at any speed. Shouldn't have to do this on a brand new loco, such as it is with Maerklin these days. Very nice loco, now I need to find an appropriate coach set as I declined the M2 coach set.
		Best Regards, Don ___________________________________________________________________________________ CS3, ( Commander is now retired) , C track and Z scale, mostly DB/DR and SBB, SJ

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