Freight Train Baggage Car Pwgs 44 from Spur 1 Austria

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Boxcar “Bremen” and the Pwgs 44 are based on the same underframe. A good reason for Spur 1 Austria to also produce this freight train baggage car, which is widely used in Germany and Austria, as a gauge 1 model.

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Production Samples of the Fine Models' Freight Train Vans

by Friedhelm Weidelich

27 Fotos der Güterzug-Begleitwagen Pwgs 41 der zweiten Serie, die Fine Models Ende Oktober für die Spur 1 ausliefern wird. Mit dabei ist auch der rote Wendezug-Befehlswagen.

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Photos of Fine Models' Bavarian Baggage Cars

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Fine Models has received the first photos of two production models of the short Bavarian baggage cars.

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Annoucement: Freight Train Conductor Cars from Fine Models

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Fine Models announces several freight train conductor cars for gauge 1 for 2023.

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More Bavarian Cars from Fine Models

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Fine Models is preparing a second Bavarian car series. The first model is already fixed.

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Deutsche Bundesbahn's BD3yge from Wunder for Gauge 1

by Friedhelm Weidelich

From 1955 to 1958, three DB repair shops built a total of 653 three-axle conversion cars with baggage and service compartments. Wunder has meticulously reproduced the prototypes. The gauge 1 models are unsurpassable. 42 photos in large format show the wealth of details.

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How to assemble the Baden baggage car from Dingler

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Car kits for gauge 1 are rare and overstrain many model railroaders. Inspired by the requests of live steam railroaders from Switzerland, Dingler dared the experiment and published two kits of Baden cars. The baggage car offers hardly any major hurdles even for beginners - if they know a few tricks and tools. It is not a quick kit for three afterwork hours. But with a little patience and my detailed assembly instructions with 60 pictures you will successfully reach your goal.

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Swiss Baggage Car 4Fü from Wunder

by Friedhelm Weidelich

In 1927, the Swiss Federal Railways SBB purchased two baggage cars from BLS for use in the "Gotthard Pullman Express". 36 photos of the gauge 1 model of Wunder with fantastic views of the rich interior.

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Preview of Baden kit cars

by Friedhelm Weidelich

At Dingler, the kits of the Baden cars are currently being assembled on a trial basis. Here are the first pictures.

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Novelty: DB Cab/Baggage Car BD4yge(f) by Wunder

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Wunder Präzisionsmodelle will produce a rather exotic cab control and baggage car for gauge 1, which had its origin in Bavaria in epoch III.

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Makeshift Baggage Cars in Service on DB Tracks

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Wunder's makeshift baggage cars have provoked more reactions than any previous meeting - consistently positive ones. Since 1967, the models of these cars have been appearing in front of my camera time and again.

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DB's Makeshift Baggage Car MDyg 986 by Wunder for Gauge 1

by Friedhelm Weidelich

From 1957 the Deutsche Bundesbahn built a makeshift baggage car from two 3rd class makeshift passenger cars. Like all transitional solutions in Germany, these cars were in use for decades.

Wunder Präzisionsmodelle now delivered the long baggage cars, which were used in all types of DB trains. The gauge 1 models are well made, but need matching radii. 49 photos of all details.

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Intermodellbau 2019: Wunder

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Fresh from Asia came two unpainted hand samples of the Deutsche Bundesbahn's makeshift baggage cars. The gauge 1 cars are very detailed.

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