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The new Releases of the Year

Our editorial award

Every year, we select the best products and services of the past model year. You can read about them in the January issues of our magazine. Our awards for the last five years are as follows:

 

Category Locomotives

2022    Class V 188 (Märklin 88150)

2021    Electric locomotive Ma 828 of the SJ (FR Freudenreich 46.136.01)

2020    DB class V 80 (Märklin 88803)

2019    DB class E 41 electric locomotive (Märklin 88353)

2018    Kittel Steam Railcar (Märklin 88145)

 

Category Wagons

2022    DB Pwgs 41 Freight Train Escort Car (Märklin 86070)

2021    DB V 23 boxcar (ZetNa 220 B001)

2020    DB GGths 43 boxcar (Zmodell 96051)

2019    Aral tank car of the exchange type (Märklin 82324)

2018    Rmms 33 stake car with wooden shelves (Märklin 82131)

 

Category Accessories

2022    Car ferry (Artitec 322.034)

2021    Medium wooden box with frame "Krupp" (Joswood 85028)

2020    Krupp-Dolberg excavator (Artitec 322.025)

2019    Hay wagon (Artitec 322.028)

2018    Port warehouse building plastered (Modellbau Laffont Z1701)

 

Category Technology

2022    Ardelt steam crane 57 to. (NoBa models 5318R)

2021    Painting stand (NoBa models 20100)

2020    Company car WGmh 824 (Märklin 87210)

2019    DCC sound decoder for NoHAB (Velmo / FR 00.125.00)

2018    Close coupling with guide mechanism (Sondermodelle Z)

 

Category Literature

2022    Baureihe 120 (Transpress 978-3-613-71616-2)

2021    Traumberuf Dampflokheizer (EK-Verlag 978-3-8446-6426-3)

2020    Straßenroller der DB - Band 1 (VG Bahn 978-3-8375-2239-6)

2019    Güterwagen Band 1.2 (VG Bahn 978-3-89610-653-7)

2018    Die Baureihe 403 (EK-Verlag 978-3-8446-6028-9)

 

Category Exhibits

2022    Booischot Statie (Pieter Willems & Jan van Casteren)

2021    Obermurrhärle (Karl Sinn)

2020    Wiesenthal (Wilfried Pflugbeil)

 

Category Complete Works

2022    Märklin for "50 years of Z gauge" (invention & seamless operation)

2021    Dr. Andreas Scheibe for "Powered small locomotives" (revolution in small series production)

2020    Oliver Passmann for "Electronic Accessories" (model railway electronics)

2019    Josephine & Helmut Küpper for "Loads and spare parts" (accessories range)

2018    Creativ-Modellbau Klingenhöfer for animal figures (creative supplementary programme)