More recent Polish passanger cars have black stripe in the middle and the windows are blackened. You can see it here: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/mobil...kursujacych-przez-pomorze-dlaczego-90644.html I followed the friend's advice to use some scraps of special foil for car's windows. Here is the first try. I think this is a good idea. One can compare windows with and without foil.
I finished EU07-363 electric locomotive: https://ilostan.forumkolejowe.pl/index.php?nav=foto&id=54368 https://ilostan.forumkolejowe.pl/index.php?nav=foto&id=83209 The final model is using mechanism and chassis from Marklin 88791 (BR216) With doubledecker:
I returned into SM30 shounter project. Locomotive was missing railings. Some are easier to do: Some are more complicated... My first serious soldering exercise with such tiny items: Final result could be better and the other side is still waiting:
Pawel, Nice first attempt. It's pretty hard to solder railing. When I did railing for the camelback, I first carved the railing into a block of maple wood. Then I taped the wires in place. I used .008 thick brace wire. The block and tape held everting in place while I soldered. I soldered butt joints. The second time around I bent loops into the wire, for stronger joints. Scott
SM30 shounter is finished. I worked on ghost-car and another boxcar as well. Yellow hooks, white brake wheels were added and some weathering applied.
Super nice builds, really like your work Do you print / etch your own brake wheels and hooks or do you have a supplier? Chris
Thank you for the comment. Brake wheels and hooks were photoetched by my friend who had a time of Z-scale fascination. Eventually he went into N-scale and I bought some items for really small money. Pawel
Instead of soldering use ca super glue and touch the joints up with a small drop of epoxy glue. This worked well for my gp40-2. Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A528B met Tapatalk
I have several Marklin locos rebuild and repainted. The boxes indicate old- original model. I decided to change it: I also have many pieces of rolling stock without original boxes. For better storage I finally decided to buy High Tech Modellbahnen products. I also added description of content of the individual box.
One of the waiting projects is EC Wawel train travelling from Krakow (Poland) to Hamburg (Germany). It was interesting with 2 German and 2 Polish wagons: https://www.ok-kolej.pl/details.php?image_id=10970 For German part Marklin models can be used out of the box. Polish must be made by repainting some Marklin stuff. The first one is ready: One Polish and one German car:
Pawel, You have painting Z scale down to a science! Very accurate and crisp! Nice decals as well. Scott