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Oscar		#1 Posted : 27 December 2006 19:13:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]I'm a hopeless nostalgic, but this is just the best: There's no topping that, it's just so beautiful. I'll try to scan some old brochures this week. Anyone share my sentiments about the '50s and '60s Märklin printings...? </font id="Verdana]
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stephenbb		#2 Posted : 27 December 2006 20:18:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,836 Location: Trumbull, CT		Yes, you are correct the old graphics were the best! The new material maybe modern and up to date, but it is boring and unimaginative. The old drawings really made you want to run a railroad even in HO. I always go back to the old material including the posters that Marklin did and really enjoy them .
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Oscar		#3 Posted : 27 December 2006 20:32:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]How about this? I just bought my first 3048 today, so this image is fitting . </font id="Verdana]
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Oscar		#4 Posted : 27 December 2006 20:35:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]Or this? Just look at those in-shop photos: hundreds of light-blue boxes [:p]! Life must've been good back then. </font id="Verdana]
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pat		#5 Posted : 27 December 2006 22:04:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/01/2004(UTC) Posts: 913 Location: The Central Coast		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Oscar Anyone share my sentiments about the '50s and '60s Märklin printings...? [/size=2][/font=Verdana] You bet!,ive got a nice collection built up over the years,I don't have acesss to a scanner at the moment but I love the marklin and its big prototype book and this anniversary one
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intruder		#6 Posted : 27 December 2006 23:54:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		Nice!
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Tony		#7 Posted : 28 December 2006 07:22:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/09/2004(UTC) Posts: 726 Location: Cape Town		Wow great pictures Oscar - the good old days....
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grnwtrs		#8 Posted : 28 December 2006 07:40:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/06/2005(UTC) Posts: 669 Location: El Sobrante, California		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by pat <br /> Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Oscar Anyone share my sentiments about the '50s and '60s Märklin printings...? [/size=2][/font=Verdana] You bet!,ive got a nice collection built up over the years,I don't have acesss to a scanner at the moment but I love the marklin and its big prototype book and this anniversary one I just love that book ( Marklin and its big prototype), It was given to me by a seller of "used Marklin", I am sure he is sorry now for turning this book loose. gene on the left coast
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Maxi		#9 Posted : 28 December 2006 16:25:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 757 Location: Wawa, Ontario		I actually have this book also in English and scanned it in, about 70MB in size for the best quality but a copy of it is circulating around on the weeeb. Maxi
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steventrain		#10 Posted : 28 December 2006 19:13:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,606 Location: United Kingdom		Have you check out 1960s marklin TV advert?
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Oscar		#11 Posted : 28 December 2006 20:17:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]Those old TV ads are wonderful. Thanx for pointing it out, Steven ! Here are some more: (this one's in colour!) </font id="Verdana]
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steventrain		#12 Posted : 28 December 2006 20:18:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,606 Location: United Kingdom		Yes I notice it,thanks.
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pwilcox		#13 Posted : 28 December 2006 23:13:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 46 Location: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia		Maxi, do you know where this book may be posted. I would love to take a look at it. Thanks
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Maxi		#14 Posted : 29 December 2006 00:25:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 757 Location: Wawa, Ontario		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by pwilcox <br />Maxi, do you know where this book may be posted. I would love to take a look at it. Thanks At the moment I am unable to locate the link, perhaps another member in the group may recall the link. It is in one of the previous posted messsages and I think it is an Italian website and was posted either in October or November of this year, hope that will help narrow it down. Sorry I can't be of more help in tracking down the link. Maxi
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john black		#15 Posted : 29 December 2006 21:49:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Oscar - what a nice idea, thank you Steven - thanks for the videos ... Uuuh - those price tags, then [:I]
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Oscar		#16 Posted : 30 December 2006 10:15:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]Here's another one from the same catalogue (the '60/'61 catalogue). ^That lay-out, to me, is the best. It's a lay-out that does not resemble reality, but it creates a different reality all of its own. In that sense, it is rather like a graphic novel (for our US friends: that's European for a comic book ). A comic book shows not how things are, but how the artist would like them to be. It's the same with '60s Märklin. These days, people build lay-outs that are so realistic that sometimes I mistakenly confuse a picture of a lay-out scene with the real thing. I have great respect for that, that requires a lot of skill and creativity. There's no way I can do that. But in all honesty I prefer the vintage Märklin "toy lay-out".</font id="Verdana]
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Oscar		#17 Posted : 30 December 2006 10:32:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]This is one loco that I've always wanted but which I cannot yet afford (at least not in the condition that I want my models to be in: One day, though, one day...... [:p] </font id="Verdana]
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john black		#18 Posted : 30 December 2006 15:27:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Oscar <br />for our US friends: that's European for a comic book Thanks, Oscar - but I love Tin-Tin & Snowy, ever since I was little Preserved most of their great books, still ... [^][^][^]
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Guus		#19 Posted : 30 December 2006 16:47:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 13/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,616		Hi Oscar, I agree those old drawings on both the brochures and boxes simply are the best [:p] I really like that old catalogue cover on your first posting in this topic. Off topic:I've noticed that I can't see pictures of the other postings. Not only here but in several other ones too. Could someone help please? I'm sure it must be some security setting,but I can't find it.What's wrong with my computer this time [:(!][:(!][:(!] Any idea will be appreciated. Kin regards Guus
		Kind regards, Guus
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Oscar		#20 Posted : 30 December 2006 18:11:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana]Guus, the images in my posts are hosted on the webserver from where my own website runs. That webserver isn't very stable; it drops out every now and then. When that happens, you won't be able to see the pictures. So the problem might not be with your computer, but with my webserver instead.</font id="Verdana]
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Guus		#21 Posted : 30 December 2006 21:02:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 13/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,616		Hi Oscar, Thank you very much for your reply. The pictures showed up as we speak,so that's a big relief. No computer replacement for the moment. Back to your topic,I just adore those old drawings from the catalogues of years gone by. All hand painted I presume without any help from computer applications.Just great! Kind regards Guus
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Oscar		#22 Posted : 01 January 2007 11:38:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 783 Location: ,		<font face="Verdana][:o)] Happy New Year! [:o)]</font id="Verdana]
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steventrain		#23 Posted : 01 January 2007 12:21:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,606 Location: United Kingdom		Very nice pictures.
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