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You might want to take a look at MBZ as well. great kits! Michael

Keith, there is a huge thread at the German h0-modellbauforum about the Weinert track. Certainly worth watching the pictures and perhaps let google translate some of the discussion. https://www.h0-modellbahnforum.de/t321561f54854-Weinert-Modellbau-mein-Gleis.html Michael

Valentin, did you consider using a piece of flat sheet metal 0.25mm thick and wrap it around the 4.5mm axis? You could use a matching feeler gauge sheet. Michael

sounds like a good plan.

check this site: https://forum.spurnull-magazin.de/thread/22819-update-meiner-köf-ii/ German engine, German language 🤔 Michael

M5 is widely used for pneumatic connectors. The correct thread designation is M5x0.8mm. This is a standard thread. Five turns of the thread equals 4mm. There is also a fine thread series with M5. That would be M5x0.5mm, which is totally uncommon for pneumatic connectors. I am quite sure that the use of M5 threads in airbrush connectors has its sources in the mentioned pneumatic connectors. Michael

I am not so sure about the 1/8"BSP, that could be metric, possibly a M5 connector. Michael

I am using Schmincke 50.303 "Rubbelkrepp" which doesn't degrade, does not smell and can be removed quite easily. Apparently, it is free of ammonia https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1763445208 I used it two day ago from a bottle that is standing on the shelf for two years now. Michael

Hi Amanda, hi Chas, the only book I know that contains all "Verbandsbauartwagen" is Güterwagen-Archiv However, this is only a brief overview.. If you want to go into detail, Peter Zander has drawings of all of them. Michael

Hi there, Hans-Peter Pfeiffer has a web site that describes how to put Decoders into pre-DCC-locos. See here for details about the Glaskasten. VERY valuable source of information, not only for the Glaskasten. Michael

It does, but they are easy to straighten. The main advantage is that they are absolutely parallel. I couldn't cut them so nicely with a scalpel and ruler. Another trick I read recently: If you have a parallel boiler, wrap a piece of paper around the boiled. If both ends overlap, you can use the paper edge to fix the bands in perfect longitudinal orientation. Michael

You can utilize a paper guillotine for the stripes. I think this is the easiest way to get perfect parallel stripes. Make sure noone catches you while abusing the guillotine. 😎 Michael

Thanks for the information! That is a very interesting concept. Never heard of it before. Now my question is: Living in Germany, is there someting comparable in the opposite direction? Michael

That sounds interesting. Can you tell a bit more about that forwarder and the procedure? Michael

congratulations, a very nice engine! You could see them everywhere in west Germany. The cabin was for the "Zugführer". This person wasn't actually a brakeman. That function disappeared already in the 1920s when freight trains had automatic brakes on all wagons. The Zugführer was actually the head of the train and had its own wagon on freight trains, the "Güterzugbegleitwagen" = guards van. he was responsible for the freight files. The idea of the cabin was that the guard van wouldn't be needed any more. In reality, the cabin was very cold because of the water tanks and very dirty because of the coal dust, so that most Zugführer prefered traveling on the engine. Michael