Multiple identity account Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Hey there,I just found this on a facebook group for MARKLIN products..... I have no idea if it's a brand new concept or pretty old. Forgive me if it's posted before.Working wipersI feel that it's a feature that just does nothing but add to the cost of a model un-necessarily.... ok on first glance I admit it's something that will look stunning. But is a feature like this needed? HO scale railroads have no rain and well the wiper is smaller than a staple pin. I simply don't see the need to add working wipers to a HO scale model. Does it win innovation of the year - Yes. Does it win value for money - No.Your views please?Cheers!J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 From an engineering point of view it's amazing but pretty pointless IMHO. I guess it's a case of 'if it can be done lets do it'. I'd be interested to see how much this bumps up the price... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2015 I don't even like working lights! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 I don't even like working lights! Kev. IMHO a feature more suitable for European modelers is working pantographs. Having pantos raise and lower on DCC is more useful and realistic than a small wiper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2015 IMHO a feature more suitable for European modelers is working pantographs. Having pantos raise and lower on DCC is more useful and realistic than a small wiper.I agree as they need to either model the windscreen washer or proved atomised water sprayers for rain with the wiper. Doors and pantographs make sense and I'd only go the whole hog with extras like the wiper once the ones that have to operate more frequently are present. Very clever but not really a wow factor item Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 IMHO a feature more suitable for European modelers is working pantographs. Having pantos raise and lower on DCC is more useful and realistic than a small wiper. Don't several models already do this? Good for Marklin I say, it's certainly pushing the boundaries of modelling innovation and who knows where it will lead........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliebanger Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Don't several models already do this? Good for Marklin I say, it's certainly pushing the boundaries of modelling innovation and who knows where it will lead........ Scratched windscreens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Scratched windscreens? Are they? Maybe clockworks better? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 I find it incongruous that Marklin are concerned with such detail in an HO model which retains their pizza-cutter wheel flanges, stud contact and associated eyesore skate pick-up all visible in the referenced photograph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'm more interested In How they get it to work, and what other applications it could be used for. I guess a small motor with a cam? I've got several tiny motors here, taken from mobile phones, amongst other things and have been wondering what practical application they could be used for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'll be impressed if Marklin sells these TGV's inside a bottle of water.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This wasn't in an April edition of a magazine, perchance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted March 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2015 While I could understand the interest of some regarding how it is done ( assuming it is not a poisson d'avril) I think this would rank alongside giraffes that duck under loading gauges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hornby is to fit Railroad Mk3 coaches with flushing toilets - they will emit a brown(ish) dye onto the track every 5 minutes. Smell will be available as standard in the main range !!! Brit15 Really not sure what was the need to take a pot-shot at Hornby in a Marklin thread....gone too far don't you think? Cheers! J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Don't several models already do this? Good for Marklin I say, it's certainly pushing the boundaries of modelling innovation and who knows where it will lead........ Just a few models.....Only Roco to my knowledge. Cheers! J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hornby to introduce flushing toilets on their Mk1 and Mk11 coaches with realistic side spray for those line side worker incidents. Add on pack of workers where 4 out of 5 turn their backs automatically as the train passes leaving one to cop a load. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Now don't go making any jokes about Hornby chaps; the OP doesn't like it when you extract the yellow stuff. (Just to save him reporting any more posts). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 mentioned on: http://www.maerklin.com/en/service/search/details.html?lang=en&page=5&perpage=10&level1=3928&level2=3930&artnr=&art_nr=37796&search=1&era=0&gaugechoice=0&groupchoice=0&subgroupchoice=0&catalogue=1520&features=0&searchtext=&backlink=/www.maerklin.com/en/service/search/product_search.html The train has separately applied, working windshield wipers in each cab, and they can be controlled separately in digital operation in the respective cabs (switching function F/R) and on the corresponding French site at:http://www.marklin.fr/fr/produits/details_country.html?marke=1&level1=5887&nopage=1&art_nr=37796&backlink=%2Fwww.marklin.fr%2Ffr%2Fproduits%2Fproduits_france.html Essuie-glaces fonctionnels rapportés dans chaque cabine de conduite, sélection distincte pour chaque tête motrice possible en mode numérique (fonction de commutation V/R) and in German at http://www.maerklin.de/de/service/suche/details.html?art_nr=37796 Einzeln eingesetzte und funktionsfähige Scheibenwischer in jedem Führerstand, je Triebkopf digital separat schaltbar (Schaltfunktion V/R) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2015 I've got several tiny motors here, taken from mobile phones, amongst other things and have been wondering what practical application they could be used for? Slightly OT but I am curious. What do motors do in a mobile phone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted March 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2015 Slightly OT but I am curious. What do motors do in a mobile phone? They provide the "vibrate" function. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Now don't go making any jokes about Hornby chaps; the OP doesn't like it when you extract the yellow stuff. (Just to save him reporting any more posts). Sorry if I offended. I was just thinking back to some of the Triang-Hornby gimmicks from the 1960s. Certainly not a deliberate swipe at Hornby, at the end of the day what is a working windscreen wiper on a 4mm model but a gimmick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 They BBBBbuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzz, bit like the ballast bunny.......... Which some of you might recall! They are about 10mm by 4 or 5 mm, run up to 4.5v or higher, run at about 1000rpm. Diesel fans for starters......? Even thought about actual axle hung traction motors........but maybe that's for another thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2015 May be a recent innovation for model trains but I recall them on model cars back in the 60s. Marklin has always been a trainset rather than a model railway. But what great train sets! One sees the same German liking for play value in Faller kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Corgi Toys 247 - Mercedes 600 Pullman had working screen wipers back in the 1960s. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?_nkw=CORGI%20247%20MERCEDES%20BENZ%20600%20PULLMAN%20WITH%20WORKING%20WIPERS&_itemId=121520970501 My real Ford 100E 651 BXW had non-working screen wipers around the same time.............but only going uphill. Downhill they ran at warp speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 They BBBBbuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzz, bit like the ballast bunny.......... Which some of you might recall!.... ....or a rampant rabbit. *kof* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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