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When attending train events, I often pick up the thick Lionel and MTW catalogs to use for inspiration. These catalogs mainly contain American engines and rolling stock. Which is great. But... What if I want to see European engines & stock? Who are (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hornby and Lima are the big ones I've heard of. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fleischmann, Marklin, Roco (or whatever they're called after the restart) & Lima are some of the biggest. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hornby is entirely British, while Lima used to be the other big player in the British market before they went bust (and were bought by Hornby) The others in the British market are Bachmann Branchline and Heljan. Jan-Albert has mentioned the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fulgurex and Lemaco. I also recommend Micro-Metakit, Weinert and Stangel as the producers of highest quality models. -- shaggie. (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for spelling corrections, makes them easier to Google! Tim (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like LGB catalogues. They contain American & European trains. The pictures tend to be big so good to work from. David (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The only problem is that LGB is officially narrow-gauge, however several of their models are normal gauge, making for bad scale. And they do loads of selective compression (specially length-wise) , so I'd grab a good drawing of the real thing (...) (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you for all the recommendations. I found a 2005 Marklin hardcover catalog on eBay and ordered that. -- Bryan "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:IM74BE.1Jx3@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Normally Lego models have selective compression. Very few people build to scale. Look at MiniLand at Legoland, the Santa Fe Train Cars etc. David (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For scale building I have used mostly books with drawings for British trains, and I found the Model Railroader Cyclopedias for US steam and diesel engines, but I'm not sure if there are books for mainland European trains. Does anyone know if (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True, but I think its useful to have the correct proportions to create your own selective compression from, otherwise it ends up doubly selectively compressed! Tim (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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