Pictures provided by: Ralph
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◊ 2008-06-22 13:35 |
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◊ 2008-06-22 13:59 |
"Twist! ... à St-Gallen!" ... Hello, let's shake our hands |
◊ 2008-06-22 14:01 |
I don't know why , but each times these Ralph's old technicolour pictures remind me Faller/marklin/Fleishmann HO scales scenes |
◊ 2008-06-22 14:19 |
ok ...and for the sixcyl eyes only! |
◊ 2008-06-22 14:22 |
You really got my hopes up |
◊ 2008-06-22 16:10 |
Me too ... with Wiking/Herpa vehicles ... I may be the only British member of this site who actually owned a Märklin train set (with Faller buildings), but so long ago the Wiking vehicles didn't even have proper windows ... |
◊ 2008-06-23 11:00 |
@ sixcyl and chris40 you are know the biggest H0 areal - Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg Link to "images.google.de" http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/anlage/multimedia/foto/galerie/uebersicht/ http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/anlage/technik/carsystem/modell-auto-datenbank/ |
◊ 2008-06-23 20:42 |
Excellent! I must visit this next time I go to Hamburg Bad boy! Not having a Hornby OO ?? .... But you're a good German, because Electric Model railway is a MUST in any family in germany. Owning a Marklin or Fleishmann train set is sort of "human right" for a "normal citizen " in Germany ... everybody must have one! What about me? ... I've all the collection of my father + some of mine ... about 50/60 locos and many wagons ...but all in boxes |
◊ 2008-06-23 20:44 |
héhé ! |
◊ 2008-06-23 21:29 |
@sixcyl: be happy, that the stuff is in boxes - it makes it much more valuable. Do you have Märklin? I owned (still own) the basic Märklin-set with a litte bit more locos and wagons. I've played with it, but later on I started to collect the WIKING 1:87-scale cars. In the late 90ies I've stopped it, because the cars are getting too expensive - I spent my money then for real cars. |
◊ 2008-06-23 21:37 |
I'd had Hornby Dublo before, but in those days, although the locos were pretty good models, the trucks and carriages were tinplate and the track three-rail. The Märklin track had conductor studs instead of a third rail, and the rolling stock was much better made. I took my father to a model shop in Freiburg-im-Breisgau and persuaded him to get me an early birthday present … |
◊ 2008-06-23 21:39 |
By the way: for some freaks it's nearly "a question of religion" and a reason for big discussions: "Märklin or Fleischmann?" and for car-collectors "WIKING or Herpa?" I was a strict MÄRKLIN- and WIKING-kid. My car-collection is clean. All the very few Herpa's, I've owned, I've sold or swapped. Märklin and WIKING is more traditional, more for collectors and enthusiasts. Herpa has always brought too many cars too fast on the market. In the 80ies sometimes you could get the GDR-made PIKO (Märklin-compatible) for much lower prices than Märklin, also 1:87 scale-cars. But as a serious freak I never took a notice about that. |
◊ 2008-06-24 20:34 |
I have märklin too , but its Märklin Sprint the Race-Track with BMW 2002 turbo racecar and Märklin BMW 2002 / 2000CS modelcars. Also a lot of 1:87 BMW 2000/2002 Brekina's and Herpas. Also a lot of another scale BMW 2002, 2000, 2000CS. As child i owned a märklin H0 train and later a small-sized Minitrix. |