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Links:
NOTE: MANY OF THESE PAGES ARE IN GERMAN
Märklin and Related
Services
Vendors
Structures & Landscaping
Model Railroad Dealers with AC Stock
- Euro Train Hobby: Primarily
eastern European focus (DR, DB, PKP, SZD, CSD, ...). Also Auhagen kits
including Stipps card models for backgrounds.
- Reynauld's Euro-Trains: Everything
- Red Star Railways: Russian
and Eastern European models.
- TEE_USA / Eurolokshop: Sells Roco,
Mehano, Fleischmann, L.S. Models, ACME, Heris, Piko, and others including
many in AC versions.
- Westend Toronto Trains:
Märklin and Trix.
- In Germany:
Local Syracuse, NY Area Vendors
Travel
- Great Event Tours: For
those who would rather see the real thing there's Carsten Ramcke's rail-fanning
tour company. See the best locations and events led by an expert guide.
Modeling, Kit-bashing,
and Weathering
- Dr.
Dirt's Weathering Tutorial: Written by Dr. Dirt, aka Kevin Brady.
- Modellbahnfrokler:
Kitbashing and other detailing...
- Weather System:
This weathering powder will adhere to any non-glossy surface. It is
made from real rust and other weathering agents that have been ball
milled to a particle size over 100 times finer than chalk and blended
with a pressure sensitive, dry adhesive. Self adhesive to most surfaces.
Nonmagnetic and Nontoxic.
- Wieduwilt.org: Modelling and
kitbashing.
Card
Modeling Links:
Schreiber-Bogen Tutorials:
Tips on tools and technique in English including videos.
- Kartonmodellbau: Examples of
models and scale drawings for card modelling numerous German railroad and
other structures.
- Clever Bros. Models: Use computer
design and digital photography to duplicate any structure - real or imagined,
in any scale. Their model kits use a special high strength, card stock. Our
kits are cut and folded by the hobbyist into beautiful three-dimensional miniatures.The
texture sheets are printed on high quality, self-adhesive paper. In the future,
we hope to make our models even better by introducing Laser cut small parts
and embossing the texture sheets.
- Fiddlersgreen: World's largest
collection of paper models.:
- Iceberg: Paper models
- Joswood: Der Modellbauer im Bergischen
Land. High quality laser cut card models for northern German scenes and more.
- Jowi / Modellbahn Hintergrund:
Background and background model CDs for printing on card... Features industrial
scenes, modern architecture, and the more traditional. Great for kitbashing
with too.
- Kartonbau-Forum: German language
(primarily) for card modellers.
- Mitteldeutscher Kartonmodell-Verlag:
Lots of DDR based kits including structures and Trabis...
- Moebo-exclusive: Laser-cut card
models with the Ruhr as the prototype.
- Paper Model Store: Card models
from throughout the world.
- Papiermodelle.de: Downloadable
paper models of all types, with links to more. In German.
- Perceptions
- The Paper Train Factory: Chapter member Ed Schulman's passion. Precision
scale paper model train kits. This growing list of kits represents unique
trains from around the world. Take a few nights off - relax - play - dream,
and build your own collection of train models.
- Scalescenes.com: UK prototype card
models many of which would be suitable on any Eurolayout. Models are scaled
to 00, and delivered as PDF files. Print
at 87% from Acrobat for H0.
- SCHREIBER-BOGEN im INTERNET:
Paper models suitable for layouts. In German.
- Stipp: Paper models suitable for layouts.
In German.
- Super Quick: Card model building
kits from the UK for 00 and H0 model railway layouts.
- TGVweb:
Build your own TGV from paper kits.
- Wordsworth
Model Railway: Downloadable (pdf compressed as .rar) kits that are 00
UK outline but can be adapted. Print
at 87% from Acrobat for H0.
Prototype
Images
Organizations
Club and Public Layouts
Personal
Homepages
- Piet Brijs - Homepage
- Eisenbahntraum: Private
digital Märklin H0 model railroad with many pictures, a train-database,
amusement park, and more. In German.
- EISENBAHNWELTEN im Maßstab
1:1 und 1:160
- Epoche II
- Extrem Teppichbahning:
Layout construction at it's most basic level... See also "Naked
Märklin" below.
- Stahlbahn: Frank Forsten's
era IV layout focuses on a steel mill and the operation of the associated
industrial railroad. There is a DB mainline, used to run some DB (passenger)
trains. Something to emulate.
- Grown
men DO play with toy trains! Carsten Ramcke's layout, the Carstenbahn.
- Modellbahnlächeln:
Peter Holbecks layout with great resources for creating unique models
out of all matter or common materials. In German.
- Mühlenroda: Armin Mühl's
excellent era 4 DR modular layout set in Mühlenroda, a small town
in Thuringia near the BRD/DDR border. The modular layout is based on
FREMO.
- Naked Märklin!: Not what
you think, but fun to look at. It's how almost all of us started. See
also "Extrem Teppichbahning" above.
- Prokhorovsk:
Chris White of Red Star Railways'
layout of Prokhorovsk, Russia. Featured in Model Railroader.
- Project Waldberg:
Huib Maaskant's impressive model railroad site and layout.
Publications: Print
and Online
Lists & Web Rings
- Die Drehscheibe: Discussion
groups,, classifieds, train-spotting and more. In German.
- New Railway
Modellers Forum: English (UK) centric discussion board.
- Railways of Germany:
An English speaking forum about the railways of Germany.
- RMweb: The UK's liveliest railway
modelling forum. Latest information and news, member's layouts and work
bench projects, prototype information and a social area.
- Stummi´s Modellbahnforum:
Discussion group for all makes and scales, but primarily Märklin/AC
focus. In German.
- WorldRailFans:
English language discussion board for railways the world over.
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