maico Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 17 hours ago, Mark Laidlay said: What prices are people seeing on the Marklin DCC A3? I don't think there is any way for the UK buyer to get one of these for less than £500 😿 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 On 22/03/2023 at 15:40, maico said: I don't think there is any way for the UK buyer to get one of these for less than £500 😿 Scograil are offering the Trix version for 5p under if you don't use Paypal: https://www.scograil.co.uk/trix-22886-ho-gauge-br-a3-60103-flying-scotsman-x28dccsoundx29-29763-p.asp A bit more for the Marklin one: https://www.scograil.co.uk/maerklin-39968-ho--gauge-br-a3-60103-flying-scotsman-x28acsoundx29-29765-p.asp 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Laidlay Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I'm worried about the wheels and my code 70 track. What are recent Marklin offerings like on wheel standards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maico Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Mark Laidlay said: I'm worried about the wheels and my code 70 track. What are recent Marklin offerings like on wheel standards? Trix C-track is code 83 Edited March 26, 2023 by maico 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maico Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 24/03/2023 at 10:42, giz said: Scograil are offering the Trix version for 5p under if you don't use Paypal: https://www.scograil.co.uk/trix-22886-ho-gauge-br-a3-60103-flying-scotsman-x28dccsoundx29-29763-p.asp A bit more for the Marklin one: https://www.scograil.co.uk/maerklin-39968-ho--gauge-br-a3-60103-flying-scotsman-x28acsoundx29-29765-p.asp A couple of German dealers I've used in the past Kramm and Lippe have sold out of the Marklin version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhutnick Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Is Scograil the lowest price that anyone has found? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Picture of the Märklin Flying Scotsman from the IMA fair in Dortmund: Regards Fred 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Gets worse, no idea what the Rear Top Area of the Tender is supposed to be ??. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Looks fantastic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ngram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Hopefully we'll see a photo with no extraneous gubbins in the background and with the loco wheels visible, rather than in black shadow, sometime soon. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wairoa Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 I willing to overlook a few flaws. No matter what it is the right scale and gauge. That already puts it miles ahead of the OO versions IMO. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Laidlay Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Any recent update on delivery date? Mark in Melbourne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 Planned delivery: 4th quarter 2023. Regards Fred 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Laidlay Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I watched a "Marklin TV" about new products, they mentioned some models being 1:93.5! Certainly hoping this doesn't apply to 60103. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Laidlay said: I watched a "Marklin TV" about new products, they mentioned some models being 1:93.5! Is there a point to this? I can’t see why it would be useful to them to make the scale smaller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giannis Halkis Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Laidlay said: I watched a "Marklin TV" about new products, they mentioned some models being 1:93.5! Certainly hoping this doesn't apply to 60103. That only relates to the linear scale of some of their coaches. All other measurements being correct 1/87 meaning the coach is the correct height and width. The reason for this is such coaches are 26.4 metres long and therefore eat up huge amounts of layout space. Older models used to be to 1/100 scale but these did look too short. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 From my e-book on Gauge and Scale (free to download at http://sncf231e.nl/gauge-and-scale/): The 1:87 scale was not in all cases used with H0-gauge; some manufacturers used larger or smaller scales in the beginnings. Fleischmann for instance used first 1:82, then 1:85 before using the correct 1:87 scale while Trix Express used 1:90 in the beginning. Further, and even in recent times, sometimes models are made to scale in height and width but not in length. Having a shorter length for long passenger cars was, and still is, done to make it possible to use these passenger cars on small radius track. Shown here are three German coaches which have an original length of 26.4 meter. The top two are made by Märklin and are made to a length-scale of 1:110 and 1:100. The third car is made by ADE and is to the correct scale length of 1:87. Regards Fred 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maico Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Found something a bit confusing in the pdf. instruction manual, quote: "This model is larger than the customary European loading gauge. It swings out quite a ways, chiefly on curves. Please check before using this model for the first time, to make sure that it can operate on your layout without hitting signals, catenary masts, bridge railings, tunnel portals, etc. The prototypical construction of this model requires that the trackwork on a layout be laid with great precision and care. While Märklin C or K Track meet these requirements, M Track may not meet these conditions due to greater tolerances caused by years of operation. In these situations, there may be problems operating through turnouts at extreme slow or fast speeds." https://static.maerklin.de/damcontent/f0/29/f029b566e5ea08a13c6706383306f2db1694005393.pdf I thought British loading gauge was smaller? With the tender set to standard spacing, the model can round R1 360mm The exploded parts diagram shows the Cartazzi truck modeled as a pivoting pony truck. I'm not sure why they say the model "swings out quite a ways"... The model is due for delivery next month although it's sold out on the Marklin and Trix direct sale websites. Edited September 28, 2023 by maico 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Interesting stuff. Price makes my eyes water though. I recall, many years ago Rivarossi produced two Scots (one was 6100 along with the bell) in some sort of odd scale somewhere between H0 and 00 (perhaps a case of trying to please everyone and pleasing no-one). At least there were coaches and I recall that I had a beautiful rake of early LMS coaches in the lovely Midland lined livery. Locos were gorgeous too. It never caught on though as far as I know. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Yes, 1:80 scale. British Trix also used it for a number of their models, including the Mk.1 coaches, but their LNER Pacifics were all 4mm scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Looks like you can still get them at auction places: https://www.vectis.co.uk/lot/rivarossi-ho-lms-loco-and-passenger-coaches-comprising-1350-4-6-0_813847 John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhutnick Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 At least 5 Rivarossi Scots have sold on Ebay in the last few months, and a number of the LMS coaches. So there is no shortage and no need to find at some auction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted September 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2023 The Rivarossi models were very nicely done for their day, but as well as the odd scale they were also very expensive compared to OO models of the day and the range never developed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maico Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) This month's IMA exhibition and Marklin-Trix factory open day had an A3 hauling a CIWL Edelweiss Pullman express. It must be close to the final production model. Edited September 30, 2023 by maico 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) The Märklin Flying Scotsman is delivered today to the shops (in Germany) and already shown by proud owners on German forums. Regards Fred. Edited October 17, 2023 by sncf231e 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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