TT scale trains and models

... I personally don't like the black/white/red 218. I'm more curious, if Tillig manages to print Märklin's and Piko's logos correctly. ... Tillig will probably leave them out, the locomotive now runs around without them. Picture of 218 497-6 I will complete my short ICE 1, which was modernized in ...

ConducTTor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:46 pm I want an S499.1 but 254 euro...christ that's a lot...

Some dealers currently have time-limited pre-order promotions, see elriwa.de CD-Cargo and ZSSK. Last year, the novelty S499 was also once surprisingly offered at a low price to clear the stocks.

You are right, a "must have car".

... Also distributing the range of Hornby TT120 track in Europe and I assume what remains of previously done Arnold European buildings. ... I read in the Hornby 2023 International Catalog (TT starts on page 104) that the TT:120 track is only available online from Hornby UK. See footer page 117. I l...

The resin trucks were too brittle and the wheel discs slid easily on the axles. My solution is the Rokal bogies - the originals of the resin castings, I think.

Come all well into the new year 2023!

The GTW 9020 is one of the series 9016-9027 and an F3 Phase IV, also named F5. The locos were built in September 1948 with the F7 electrical (heavier-duty cables and GM-D27C traction motors) and stainless steel grills instead of the chicken wire ones. As I see it, only the side porthole windows are ...

It had the resin trucks. Here is a picture of the observation car and the Rokal trucks. I know the trucks need some silver paint.

Yes, I make some more pictures. This was only an XMAS-running.

I have owned six Union Pacific Passenger cars for years. With them, I always had problems with the bogies and axles. So I started to collect the bogies from Rokal and to equip them with axles from Müller. The mounting of the bogies turned out to be quite simple, although it is still provisional. But...

... Regarding the winter cover on the last cooling fan, see picture. It is not always attached. But if so, Is it a simple box? You also see these on CNW or MILW F7's, etc. ... These Winterization Hatches have round or square grills on the top. The original covers have louvers inside under the grill...