Smallwonder Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 My interest in railway modelling was rekindled by a trip to Italy about ten years ago. In the years since then I have built up a collection of German, Austrian and Swiss N gauge stock, but thought Italian stock did not really exist. Then I stumbled upon: http://www.locomodels.it/index.php/ Although expensive I have rarely been so tempted. Does anyone have any experience of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted January 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2018 Not heard of them before, but they look quite reasonable. They're not overly expensive either considering they're handmade. I can't find much on the Italian forums about them though, but N gauge is a minority scale over there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NScaleNotes Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Sorry no experience of Locomodels myself but have you heard of Pirata? I thought they manufactured Italian models but actually looking at their website I think they might just commission other manufacturers. However the rolling stock of theirs that I do have is rather good; I picked some up in Germany a few years back from Menzels-Lokschuppen in Dusseldorf. Well worth a visit if you're ever in the area by the way and don't mind leaving a couple of hundred Euros lighter. I'm sure at one point Pirata were going to be producing some Italian locomotives but I could be mistaken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonwis Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Sorry no experience of Locomodels myself but have you heard of Pirata? I thought they manufactured Italian models but actually looking at their website I think they might just commission other manufacturers. However the rolling stock of theirs that I do have is rather good; I picked some up in Germany a few years back from Menzels-Lokschuppen in Dusseldorf. Well worth a visit if you're ever in the area by the way and don't mind leaving a couple of hundred Euros lighter. I'm sure at one point Pirata were going to be producing some Italian locomotives but I could be mistaken. Yes they have. Small shunters. They have also produced small shunters for Swiss (Tm2/2 aka Tm234). All look to be out of stock now (all limited runs) Pirata's web presence is confusing as they mix their own products with the 'shop' selling all other N stuff. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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