September 2020

At the end of the third quarter of 2020, it is worth taking a look at the current gauge 1 project list. Because by the end of the year a veritable flood of models has been announced, the likes of which we have never seen before. If it will not come otherwise ...

As the fair company has just announced, the 2021 Toy Fair, due to Covid-19, will not take place in the usual period from the end of January.

Before the coaling station Hans and Walter Ziegler built a small workshop for their museum depot Fützen. The illuminated model is removable and has a sophisticated power supply.

Accucraft and the many brands associated with it now have a new online store that makes it easier to keep track.

The Vectron from Siemens Mobility has now been approved by authority Trafik-, Bygge og Boligstyrelsen to operate for the Danish State Railways. Three locomotives of DSB's class EB are already on their way to Denmark.

Hardly had MiniArt released a kit of musical instruments than the Ukrainian manufacturers added two pianos. More kits are flooding the market.

Spur1-Exklusiv has decided to make a special offer.

This week I received a sample package with figures for gauge 1, which belong to the top class and add unique motifs to the booming market.

We have the new status for upcoming deliveries of gauge 1 models.

Despite the current heat wave in Germany, autumn is just around the corner, with gauge 1 novelties that are not quite as hot.

American-style model railroads are quite rare in gauge 1. But it is worthwhile to be inspired by American layouts.

Kiss Modellbahnen Deutschland, a brand of Fine Models, announces a new model that hardly anyone would have expected.

For five years a hardly known railroad company existed in the French occupation zone in southwest Germany: SWDE.

The current EK-Special 138 describes the complicated railroad history after the end of World War II.

Today I received photos of the Ae 3/6 from Kiss Modellbahnen Schweiz.

The three model versions are sold out ex works and may still be in stock at some dealers.

In 2014 I showed a nice field railway from Denmark in scale 1:35. In the meantime the model maker has changed to a larger scale. A good reason to have a look at the old module layout again. 50 pictures in large format.

The German cartoonist, who died a few days ago, was also a photographer with a special relation to the railway.

MBW has published the planned versions of the class 52.

In addition to the Ziegler brothers' contribution to the construction of the small coaling station, the supply sources now come here.