Yes, the thought of reprints of layouts from the Marklin Magazine occurred to me. Might be paying again for something I've already got.....



I've been cheating in that regard. I got hold of some of the Insider container wagons which have the same flatcar as the previous Store loco container wagons but cost half the price. I bought some containers (heaps on Aliexpress, but I got some locally), painted them matt black and glued a made-up version of the logo to the containers. I got the logo fairly close but you can see the difference up close but if anyone didn't know they wouldn't tell the difference. A friend in the MMRC, who before retirement was a printer and has a printer friend, went around to his printer mate's shop and printed my made-up logo as sticky labels on an adhesive sheet.

I also have just received from the Lokshop a set of Trix long wheelbase flat wagons with Carlsberg containers. I can either put a made up 40ft / 20ft container on each and run with my Store locos or run with the Carlsberg containers.

KM1 are producing some Gauge 1 container wagons (Marklin cancelled their ones) and you buy either pre-labeled containers or blank grey containers for use with the wagons. I've ordered both, so the blank ones will get painted black, for which I will have to get my made-up logo upsized......

This is today at 13hour (Paris o'clock)

Totally unrealistic pantograph compared to the prototype in the movie ....

Something you need to live with, its M

Check out the new Swedish Rc6 engine that gets pantograph developed since 1992, I get goosebumps

See the positive, it manages to start following the buffer NEM standard....

The wiper is quite thin. My book shows a very detailed photo. It would be so very delicate in ho scale, and likely break extremely easy. Also the connection points where the pivoting arms connect are not protypical. They are bent loops in the red wire stock going through the wiper mount holes. There is no other way to duplicate them in 1/87. Possiblt made of brass and soldered, but that would also be weak.

Rather blurry pic.

Hi, it looks like a nice little model. Not sure what all the fuss is about. I would prefer a pantograph which was at least sturdy enough to allow for pantograph to wire use. There’s nothing worse than a floppy pantograph 🤣🤣🤣🤣

why wouldn't they be correct? There are two prototype examples they can record.

Totally agree.

I have some really beautiful Marklin locos but the generic operating sounds are pretty much all the same, except in just a few rare cases. I had hoped that they would be doing much better than that by now, especially considering the costs of their current models.

If they can't manage to record the actual sounds on their own, other companies already some very good ones out there that they might want to buy.

As I understand it there are three locos on display, but no longer operational. Probably no chance to get sound recordings.

The Marklin model used to have a unique buildup with the old type of motor. Now retooled with a can motor cardan shafts like the Roco has. As for sound, we'll have to see.
Marklin doesn't usually say in an item description if the sound is generic or protoypical. However, they do use a 32 bit sound decoder, and often protypical. I have thre of their newer electric Loc's all with diffferent running sound. The 36182 Vectron sounds like one, as does the 39197, but different. It's motor sound increases with speed.
The SBB Re 421 soiunds like one, with the step relay clicks as the speed increases.
Aren't factory decoders locked anyway? That negates any sound file changes.

As bph notes, recent ones are available.

All msd/3 decoder sound projects for produced locos are available on the marklin website for download, on the item catalogue page. When installing the decoder programmer is installed it gives the opportunity to download the whole gamut of production projects from Marklin, Trix and LGB that use msd/3 decoders including all the additional wagons that have sound decoders.

Video of 39771 Insider Model #2 for 2022.

Märklin have gone to quite some trouble to stage this video, including an end scene where the real loco moves past the model set in the foreground.
It must have been pushed, because I believe it cannot move under catenary power.
From the video, I have noted the following detail on the wagon set 48825.

The Pwg home station is Karlsruhe, number DB 120 534.
The Omm 34 open wagon is numbered DB 826 133 and loaded with coal.

The Oppeln Gmrs 30 closed van is lettered DR 223 506 Brit-US-Zone.
Closed van München G is lettered DR Zone Fr. nummer 52 438, and has diagonal reinforcing steel section on the lower body side corners.
G10 van is lettered DB 113 798, and has diagonal reinforcing steel section on the lower body side corners. This van also has end of train marker recepticals.

Kimball

Thanks for the info BPH. That was what I thought, but I could not understand why it doesn't work on a PC running the same app but much, much faster through a direct USB connection. But just being able to update the orignal decoders is a huge step forward, and I was not aware that it worked using the CS3.

I just wanted to make sure I understood - making sense is optional.