On my Loewenherz modules as well as on my work desk, I have display tracks, where I put a few freight cars on “permanent” display. To prevent these cars, which are relatively light, from sliding off the tracks due to … Continue reading Making Rail Wheel Stoppers
I always wanted to model a cut-out locomotive, similiar to the steam loco Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines at National Railway Museum in York. It was an impressive machine and was brave of the National Railway Museum to cut … Continue reading Revell BR 01: Undercarriage Frame Completed
Loewenherz Railway Park was conceptualised as an open-space park with various railway exhibits from all around the world. As the visible sections of the park is being completed on my modules, I am preparing for the quiet winter period; something … Continue reading Revell Steam Loco Baureihe 01 Model Kit
At the beginning of the year Bad Niedrigsrode mayor Sebastian Vogelsinger announced the procurement of 600mm gauge biodiesel trainsets for the Loewenherz park railway. A tender was awarded to the company that designed the famous Porsche trainset for Karlsruhe and … Continue reading Loewenherz Takes Delivery First Park Railway Trainset
In July. I wrote about my challenges with the pedestrian underpass. The structure is completed and now I am adding the long-awaited lighting. My MIST-61 member advised me how to position the LED light strip and taught me how to build one. The end result looks great especially how the lights shined on the cobblestones. I will dim the brightness somewhat. The LED strip is positioned on the the roof of the tunnel and hidden from view (Foto: Jimmy Low (c)) To cover the length of the underpass, I needed 4 LEDs on a strip. Wolfgang taught me how to … Continue reading Light Not At End of the Tunnel
I recently received a customised order for a colleague’s farewell gift. He worked at DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung GmbH (DB FZI) and is also a HO-scale DCC model railway fan. So I proposed a Piko BR 218 497-6 in unique DB FZI Cottbus black (sream locomotitve) and white (ICE) livery (article no. Piko 57401). The model is a DCC version with sound. This special edition was produced by Piko in partnership with Märklin (Märklin produced the AC, DC (Z-scale and in Minitrix N-scale) Getting the model was simple – ready-to-run BR 218 497-6. Piko BR 281 497-6 DB FZI Cottbus DCC with … Continue reading Customised Order for BR 218 Cottbus Model and Presentation Plinth
Well-used concrete sleepers (Foto: Jimmy Low (c)) Unfortunately, Märklin/Trix does not produce flex rails with concrete sleepers, which is a pity since they are selling Era IV-VI rolling stocks. As far as I am aware, Roco (42401), Piko (55150), Weinert (74003) and Peco UK (SL-102) produce them. I took 14 concrete sleepers from a section of the Roco flex rails. I used a sharp blade to remove extra plastic sprues and filed the excesses. To make the sleepers look worn and partly damaged from use, I filed selected parts of the sleeper to give it a chipped or worn look. … Continue reading Weathering Concrete Rail Sleepers
Many of us are familiar with sedan chair, where two or more persons on each end carry the passenger on a chair. It was an early form of transport before cars. I have seen my club members using two boards, one on each end of their modules to ease the transport of the modules. I called them “Sedan Module”. I made mine using 550mm x 450mm 10mm thick boards. Each identical board has two 10mm end-module panels (450mm x 150mm) so that the fragile, protruding plastic parts of the Märklin C-tracks are protected during transport. I maintained 10cm space between … Continue reading Sedan Module for MIST-61 Modules
Initially, I had to screw and unscrew the red and black/brown wire to the rolling test stand. It can be quite frustrating having to do that everytime I want to use it. Somewhere I saw the use of a piece of C-track as an intermediate connector between the mobile station and the test stand. The idea was to allow the Märklin wire connectors from mobile station track box to the test stand via this intermediate track (see below) Before I finally found the male connectors (see the gold pieces) at a local electronic store. This allows me to connect the … Continue reading Review: Creative Connection Solution for KPF-Zeller Rolling Test Stand
As they say in the carpentry business, “measure twice, cut once!” Despite all the best effort and machinery, you might not get the precise cut that you asked for. I found out about this when I was testing the module electrical connection with my mentor René. Each module base was supposed to be exactly 1080mm long. The Märklin C-tracks are exactly 1080mm but the module itself is exactly 2mm short. It may not seem to be a problem but it is an obvious gap. I thought about the gangway between two carriages. It serves as a damper and an enclosure. … Continue reading Elegant “Damper” Solution to a 2mm Gap Problem
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