January 2020

MiniArt is constantly expanding its range of kits in 1:35 scale with civilian motifs.

Many of them can also be used together with 1:32 scale.

On the stand of Fulgurex you could find all sorts of familiar things. But the next Gauge 1 novelty is already planned - with an interesting side effect.

Tractors are the farmer's best friends. German farmers use the green monsters to demonstrate against too low prices for their products. Schuco has quite a number of novelties for tractor collectors – and something that has been missing for ages.

Not everyone at Märklin expected such a success of the new Gauge 1 products. The market is heading in a new direction, which Märklin is pursuing with new self-confidence. Customers will also benefit from this.

The 320 001 of the track construction company Wiebe hummed quietly on the Märklin gauge 1 roller bench.

Still has made the Gras-Master even stronger and announces for the first time accessories for gauge 1.

The Toy Fair in Nuremberg has been steadily losing importance for gauge 1, but Märklin makes it worth a visit.

Company founder Bernd Lenz withdraws (not completely). The future of the O gauge and electronics manufacturer is secured. A gauge 1 manufacturer is also involved.

Fine Models has received three samples of the Bavarian low side cars of the Oq and O types. In Bavaria they were indispensable in epochs I and II. They should become attractive gauge 1 models. 37 photos in large format demonstrate what you can expect.

Märklin has new delivery dates.

Unusual, weird designs of locomotives, cars and multiple units are popular with model railroaders. Soon there will be a new darling of the public.

Fine Models has today received two hand samples of the Bavarian cogwheel steam locomotive PtzL 3/4, which are only produced in an exclusive edition of 40 pieces. Here are the first photos.

Did you know that the Deutsche Bundesbahn also released records? A look back into epoch III.

Until the 1970s, there were manually operated gantry cranes in German railway stations for reloading heavy goods from open freight cars to carriages and trucks - and vice versa. For those who don't necessarily need real action on a Gauge 1 diorama or at the loading track, Jürgen Hans offers an attractive alternative to functional models.

Märklin adapts to the market with the (spring) new products for gauge 1. Apart from the V 320, which has already been announced in detail at spur1info, there are reissued cars and a truck.

It couldn't be better: Yves Rittener shows how he built the vines for a 1-gauge club layout. The result is high-end model making.

On ne peut pas faire mieux: Yves Rittener montre comment il a construit les vignes pour un aménagement de club de voie 1. Le résultat est un modélisme de première classe.

Vineyards on Lake Geneva are the inspiration for an elaborate plantation on a Swiss club layout in 1:32. Part 1.

Lokladen, Bingen, Germany, offers an exclusive gauge 1 model produced by Dingler: ETA 178 001 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Dingler has provided us with photos of the Wittfeld battery-powered railcar 1-gauge model .

Part 2 on the subject of loading scrap metal in epoch III to the present day is about a scrap metal dealer with photos from 1971 and 2012. 1971, typical for a local freight train, a DB steam locomotive shunted here, which was otherwise rarely seen ahead of freight trains.

41 years later, the same two-axle shunting locomotive was still in service at the scrap yard. Interesting was however also the collection of small locomotives, which would make wonderful gauge 1 models.

36 photos offer inspiration from the prototype.

Agder Modell Teknikk from Norway keeps going and announces two new NSB locomotives in 2020 for gauge 1.

Spur1-igARTig has again completed 1/32 scale models of two structures that once stood on the Kocher Valley Railway Waldenburg - Forchtenberg and which were moved to the Hohenlohe Open Air Museum in Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany.

On 19 August 2019, MSC Gülsüm, the world's largest container ship, docked in Bremerhaven, Germany, at the end of its maiden voyage and was given a warm welcome. With a (fool format) focal length of 840 mm, the 400 metre long ship did not quite fit into the picture.

What does this have to do with Gauge 1? You will know in a moment.