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Seriously thinking of doing a German layout but using Marklin


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Hi there, seriously thinking of modelling a HO scale German layout but using Marklin as I've always liked their products but I need to ask some silly questions regarding freight wagons.  I plan to date it in the late steam era as I remember seeing some of that and I'm pretty confident about the coaching stock but the freight wagons are a complete mystery to me.

 

The layout would be pretty simple and probably only be on a 8x4 baseboard but enough to scratch that itch.

 

Any help would be wonderful.

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Maerklin do suitable wagons - what is the question?

 

You will possibly find Maerklin rather more expensive from the UK, but do not forget there is no reason why you cannot use wagons from other companies such as Piko as well, whereas the other way about is more problematic.

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Maerklin do suitable wagons - what is the question?

 

You will possibly find Maerklin rather more expensive from the UK, but do not forget there is no reason why you cannot use wagons from other companies such as Piko as well, whereas the other way about is more problematic.

 

The question was; what wagons are relevant for that era as I'd like to get a sort of prototypical freight train.  There are several wagons with billboard logo's but would they have been around then?

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The UIC markings were introduced in 1964 (IIRC), so any vehicle without them predates this. It depends what is meant by late steam era as German steam survived several years beyond this.

 

Billboard logos are mainly beer vans which are of dubious authenticity, but suitable for the period.

 

Märklin couplings allow delayed uncoupling and are not 100% compatible with other makes. In particular Lima are a different height and Rivarossi are designed for magnetic uncoupling, but most of their older* stock is 1:80 and noticeably out of of scale with Märklin's 1:87 anyway.

 

*They started to change scale in the nineties and I think the Hornby production is all 1:87.

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