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  1. maico
    There can't be many in Ghana who have ever heard of Kres! SVT 137
  2. maico
    There are some smaller companies making TT, like Kres in Germany, an electronics company that also makes model railway stuff. Their VT 18 model seems quite popular, a number of dealers stock them despite the elevated price https://modelle.kres.de/eisenbahnmodelle-spur-tt.html
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    Taking into account livery variations Piko has 99 TT120 locos of various types on their website. Traditionally they specialize in East European outline some of which have smaller sale volumes. If TT120 became established in the UK I see no reason they wouldn't make UK outline. They have their own factory in China which must help with production schedules and keeping costs down. https://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com/Drive+trains/Drive+train/Piko-47007/gb/modell_183730.html
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    Hornby latest 8F

    maico replied to ColinB's topic in Hornby

    Here you go, 2025 MY Hornby LNER 0-4-0
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    Hornby latest 8F

    maico replied to ColinB's topic in Hornby

    It looks like a case of reverse evolution... Some of the magazines will trot out the 'wealth of details' line (copyright railway modeller magazine 1975) but the retailers will find it a hard sell.
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    Hornby latest 8F

    maico replied to ColinB's topic in Hornby

    The Rails pic clearly shows separately fitted!
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    How come the shaft from front to back didn't start winding up, there doesn't seem to be any play in the system?
  8. maico
    The Trix can be had for £298 if you shop around. What is a 'metallised plastic body'? It is zinc alloy die-cast.
  9. maico
    The shadows in the opening photos in this thread seem to show the same thing
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    Yes, Marklin acquired German Trix in circa 1998. This is the 2003 Marklin https://www.marklin.com/products/details/article/39579 You can see the twin motors in the pdf. They drive a capstan system bc13e7dd9d99a55ca1aee80e9ce2445e1434542559 (1).pdf
  11. maico
    You mean in British outline. My Trix has dual motorized pantographs each operated separately on DCC. The Marklin version of the same model is over 20 years old.
  12. maico
    Eh? I've got a 19 year old Trix BR 103 that has motorized pantographs. Perhaps considered a gimmick by some back in 2005 but now quite a few makers have them including you! Here is the clever piezoelectric motor they used made in Germany by Elliptec
  13. maico
    Marklin Trix BR 103 series locos have moving drivers
  14. maico
    What were the X shaped rivets for on the prototype's front panel?
  15. maico
    This is like a game of Whack-A-Mole, no matter how clearly you explain the warranty someone will pop up and ask a question...
  16. maico
    Hopefully it will lead to a further cull of H&M intermixing with modern locos: "The Accurascale Limited Warranty does not apply: ... (c) to damage resulting from use with a third party component or product, including but not limited to use with older power supplies (e.g. Hammant & Morgan Clipper) which output impure transformation of mains AC voltage to DC voltage...."
  17. maico
    When I was a small boy in the early 70s we used to see lunatics like this walking up and down Oxford street with placards helpfully informing us we had no future...
  18. maico
    They should consult miniatur-wunderland who have 15km of track and over 1500 DCC HO train movements a day. Energy input every 150 to 200 meters using Marklin 3-rail, Peco code 75 in the American section, and some Roco and Fleischman 2-rail track.
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  20. maico
    Showing the RAL colour codes like this diagram is an excellent way to list a product https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/50707/K2302-DJ-Models-GWR-Steam-Railmotor-number-97-in-GWR-Choc-Cream
  21. maico
    That middle chap is how I imagine AY Mod dresses....
  22. maico
    Current Marklin-Trix models sold in the UK and EU don't say 'made in'. Roco normally says made in EU (which is Arad in Romania) or in Vietnam. Which Trix model do you have? I see it's got the recent UK type approval logo on it. Older Trix
  23. maico
    Lilliput Hornby still make WW2 camo stuff, for example https://www.themodelcentre.com/l130002 https://www.themodelcentre.com/l131524
  24. maico
    Are there any estimates for annual turnover of the UK model railway market as a whole? Richard seems to indicate Hattons were losing market share.
  25. maico
    Post-war the eagle and swastikas were removed but clearly someone saved them. My Grandfather had a similar large metal one 'liberated' from a German government building.
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