Hello everyone, The April issue of the Trainini international edition is now available at https://www.trainini.de/download/Trainini_int_2021-04.pdf Contents: - Märklin's new SSy 45 heavy goods freight car with Leopard 1A1 battle tank cargo; - Type V 23 livestock freight car; - Herpa's 1:200 scale DC-3 in Pan-Am colours ; - New Z-scale overseas shipping crates from Joswood; - Report on NoBa-Modelle, a small-series accessories producer; - Letters to the editor, product announcements and other news. Happy reading! Chris
I love this Emagazine. The level of detail Marklin builds into their European prototype Z scale offerings is remarkable. And the expert discussions in the magazine on the variations of a Marklin German flat car.....well, I admit it makes my eyes glaze over. Now back to my Marklin American prototype trains, aka "the Lionel starter sets of American Z". Offerings where you can change a Marklin Pacific into a Marklin Mikado with a one screw chassis replacement and poof, a totally different locomotive!
No so surprising that they reprised the out-of-proportions freight set, as they had released American GP’s and E’s. They still had the molds so why not ? At least it will some new Z folks in for a try. BTW: I prefer the Pacific (4-6-2) as the 2-axle pilot negotiates the track better that the single axle pilot on the Mikado (2-8-2), especially in curves or the divergent route on turnouts.
