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Followed the link and bought a new one of these for £99...hope it turns up

If you have 9500 euros handy this may be of interest: a new Lemaco guage 1 BR06 monster... https://www.ebay.de/itm/Lemaco-1-Gauge-Steam-Locomotive-Br-06-Messingmodell-Esu-Sound-Optional/173479530478?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170511121231%26meid%3Db6323e02fdf64126b6d9fd8472fec37e%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D173479530478%26itm%3D173479530478%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ac80501cc-41ec-11ea-bdc0-74dbd18085ac|parentrq%3Aed05d93d16f0ac3c5e052574fff9331a|iid%3A1

Yes, that's it thanks! I came across this FlickR account with highly detailed photogrphy that is great https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarion0427/with/39265165805/ Also this dealer gallery https://brassdepartment.com/gallery/ Micro-Feinmechanik: German BR 03 005 used by Allied Forces

Watch the Roco video above. You can see all sort of things being made in-house including motors and windings.

Roller shutters on the real thing although modified over the years

If a loco is a failure or only one was made doesn't mean it wont be modelled of course. For example, the cab forward version of the streamline BR05 wasn't a success and was converted back to conventional postwar. Marklin-Trix have make it in maroon and black. At the cheaper end Lilliput from 2010 on. At the high end Micrometakit and Micro-Feinmechanik . So although somewhat of a niche product all bases are covered.... The conventional BR05 Lilliput in photographic gray looks rather good...

I had a look at my 2019 Trix catalogue and there are 5 different coaches from the German State Railroad era in N scale like this https://www.trix.de/produkte/details/article/15803 I have the Ho Markin versions (fitted with DC wheels) which cover the Swiss and German era I model. The streamlined BR01.1 has been produced by just about everyone through the years and clearly sells. Bellow is the 2014 Roco 2004 Fleischmann (the red version was on the market for years) 2006 Lilliput

A while back I was looking at a German site with hundreds of detailed photos of expensive makes. Can someone remind me of it's name, I've been unable to find it.

The big boys Marklin-Trix have produced locos in WW2 camo. The BR 53 in Winter...not sure about the U-boat though !

I think the Brawa BR06 was probably a slow but steady seller from 2001 to 2011. Six different liveries were eventually made. Currently Brawa make the experimental BR 19.01 loco made in 1941 by Henschel with advanced drive train. It saw limited service but the potenial was clear, running at 186 kmh within the restrictions of wartime. The Americans shipped it to the US and scrapped it postwar. Lemaco have also made it.

Era II is (1925-1945) is certainly very popular. The German eagle predates WW1 of course, the 2018-19 Trix E19 model shows how the small Third Reich bit is removed. https://www.trix.de/en/products/details/article/22919/ Still present in the preserved museum loco though

I guess you need to take the Lemaco front lower panels off to run it around corners?

Well somebody bought one for £51 today... https://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=253778348224&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2564 At least in theory...

I think the WR hydraulics would still have been in service longer like the 1956 V200 they were based on, and which a few are still trundling around outside Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_V_200

In WW2 the German Wehrmacht photographers used Agfacolor right up until the end at the battle of Seelow heights just outside Berlin. British Army in Italy having a rather better time of it. When did the habit of painting new locos in photographic gray end? It certainly showed shape and detail well shooting large format B&W

In the meantime this German diesel loco had a service life of over 50 years 1962-2016 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHenschel_DH_4000

Over the decades it seems only Brawa has made the BR06 loco in any numbers. With it's 4 driven axles it's a purposeful machine. But the Lemaco is very expensive and the Brawa plagued with terminal zinc-rot in the main body in the black first series models. Have Roco-Fleishmann, Piko or Trix ever made it ? http://www.modellbau-wiki.de/wiki/BR_06 Brawa (Foto © Frits Osterthun)

The trend is consistant whichever model railway company you put in. Also see the country comparisons for each marque. Here's Kato https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F02612tc For a different trend see the halfwits searching for flat earth https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=flat earth

I wondered how they would fare on google web search stats going back to 2004. The trend is a slow decline https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Hornby model train Bachmann https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Bachmann model trains&date=all Marklin clockwork xmas spikes https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F027yz7

Yes, Sam's Trains reviews mentions the metal boilers in his youtube reviews.

I'm surprised they are only making 500. Many dealers seem to have used up their allocation? The price is elevated but reasonable given the extra work die-cast requires compared to injection plastic moulding. If you compare the factory tour videos on youtube, Marklin-Trix and HAG metal bodies have the human file in action plus additional CNC machining whereas at Roco-Fleischmann the plastic bodies come out of the machine remarkable clean. Brawa and ESU make Ho scale metal locomotives in China so perhaps Hornby should considering making a premium metal range too?

Er..£300 in 2005 is £450 in 2019 https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

Thanks, good stuff. I noticed in one of your captions you said colour film wasn't around in 1936. Kodachrome stills transpancy film was launched in 1935. The more cumberson, expensive and slow Autochrome process well before that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autochrome_Lumière Nieuport fighter taken in WW1

Nice work. Do you have online gallery?

I only have 1 Piko, this one which was good value for 104 euros and very runs well. https://www.besserepreise.com/modelleisenbahn/piko/piko-spur-h0/piko-spur-h0-loks/piko-spur-h0-gleichstrom-loks/piko-spur-h0-gleichstrom-dieselloks/piko-52602---diesellok-br-221.htm I took it apart and electronics are neatly done. It doesn't use axle bearings, has plasic gearbox housings and non-metalic grab handles, so is clearly built down to a price. I generally prefer the metal bodies and the drive trains of Trix. Brawa are made in China and I like their metal bodies too. Hopefully Accuracale could offer zinc alloy bodies for a premium range of models in the future without the premium price! They seem to be ticking all of the boxes so far. You wouldn't happen to know the annual turnover of Piko would you? The last time I checked Marklin-Trix had revenues of just over a 100 million euros and turned in a small profit. They are almost 3 times the size of Hornby. Talking of which, I looked at Hornby's annual report and it's noticable they carry very little debt, have significantly reduced losses and are not for sale. All positive signs compared to Roco-Fleischmann's position.