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Hi justin, well its Christmas and due to moving house and diy on said property taking over it’s well

over a year since I made progress on my Z gauge Ravenna gorge project. Have just unwrapped it and checked to see how damaged it might be ( moves over 8 months ago and been in loft) , thought I would Share with you my crude ( compared to your high skill level and detail) layout, lots more snow and features to go on, it’s the first time I have gone smaller than g scale so it’s been a learning curve, but do like smaller stuff, N gauge next maybe ! 

On 10/08/2019 at 23:36, justin1985 said:

 

I ordered them direct - the order process is a little old fashioned - sending forms by email - but nonetheless quick and painless. I used TransferWise to send payment via IBAN bank account transfer without the horrendous fees charged from UK current accounts. The prices themselves are still enough to make you wince! But I'd definitely recommend the kits - the quality is superb!

 

J

Cheers, I have been dealing direct with Germany for my own business to purchase products and also for a large personal purchase for a few years now and have found the German systems for business/banking /customer relations nothing but a farce and giant pain in the "Peach" German efficiency my.....

But guess thats all just cultural and generic differences at play....  ha ha I will have a go and yes already use transferwise its great.   THANKS, Richard

On 06/08/2019 at 23:19, justin1985 said:

 

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the reminder to update on this. To be honest I haven't actually made much progress, but it certainly isn't forgotten. I've been focusing much more on my 2mm scale projects recently.

 

The two things I had been doing most recently were building the MBZ kit of Kollnau station, and restoring an old Märklin BR.78 4-6-4 tank loco in epoch 1 livery, which was a non runner. 

 

Tin of Humbrol for scale in this photo!

 

The loco needed a new motor (I failed to try and get the worm off the old one to fit to a Nigel Lawton motor, so I relented and got a new 5 pole Märklin motor). It also needed a snapped piece of valve gear replacing - I used some nickel silver etch offcut and soldered it to the existing rods. Also it needed a plastic cylinder that was missing from one side - which I designed in Fusion 360 and printed on the Photon 3D printer. Finally I blackened the wheels. Pretty pleased with the result!

 

So slow progress, but I'm dipping into it every so often!

 

Justin

Excellent, can i ask, did you Buy the MBZ kits direct with them in Germany or are they stocked locally int he UK anywhere ?  What type of solvent do they use ?

cheers

Richard

Hi, Any more updates on this project, just been reading through and would be great to see more. Visited this line in December as part of a pre Christmas market trip to Freiburg and then Rothenburg ob der tauber.  Wanted to go to the Christmas market they host at the bottom of the viaduct but it was wet wet wet and only opens certain days over Christmas and didn fit with our schedule.  Im a LGB garden railway modeller but was bought a Z gauge Christmas set and was thinking of making a my first smaller scale venture a scene of the Revenna + Market and this post has been very helpful and inspiring already.  Thanks, Richard