Topics:

Model

New items from Azar Models
Modern Steel Transportation

Design

The path to the first layout (Part 5)
Building Roads and positioning Structures

Technology

Viessmann lighting transformer 5200
A Plea in Favour of the Transformer

News

Model Railroading Day 2024
Exhibition in Duisburg

Topics:

Model

The Glass Train from Bahls Modelleisenbahnen
The Return of the 491 Series

Prototype

Two 50-year DB anniversaries
Something new among the old

Design

The path to the first layout (part 4)
Getting on the right Track

News

Model railway days Hochdahl 2024
A Festival (not just) for Children

Faszination Modellbahn 2024
Market Position consolidated

Topics:

Model

Corail coaches by Azar Models
Crossing Borders

The USRA 0-6-0 from Rokuhan
Lightweight with Weight

Design

Branch line model musings
Grund Halt on the ‘Balkan Line’

Technology

Märklin track planning 2D/3D Version 11.0
With Head and Hand to the Track Plan

Topics:

Model

The ETA 150 with ESA 150 from Märklin
The Torch of the DB

Prototype

The ETA 150 and its predecessors
On the Way to the Battery Power

Design

Building a new structure
More than a Piece of Paper!

Topics:

Model

Märklin's new Off 52
Pioneers in Auto Transport

Prototype

The Off 52 and its successors
From a provisional Solution to special Wagon

Design

The path to the first layout (part 3)
The Foundation of every Layout

Technology

Alternative building construction (part 3)
Contemporary Architecture

Topics:

Model

The Federal Railway around 1982
Special Steel Plate Transport

New products review
New Products Show in May

Design

Layout details (part 8)
All Creatures great and small

News

25 Years of Modellbahn-Union
Let’s have a Party today

Topics:

Model

Market entry of Nordmodell
A different Kind of half-timbered House

Design

Layout details (part 7)
Smaller than Life

Technology

Alternative building construction (part 2)
Deep-set Windows

News

Z gauge weekend in Altenbeken
A Scale in Danger?

Topics:

Model

The Re 6/6 from Märklin
Bulls for the Gotthard

Design

The path to the first layout (part 2)
Beginner's Layout or maybe a bit more?

News

Intermodellbau Dortmund 2024
Light and Shadow Sides

Topics:

Design

Pattscheid on the “Balkan Railway”
An unusual Overland Railway Station

Technology

Alternative building construction (Part 1)
Modelling with Vinyl Film

News

The On traXS in Utrecht
Show of Superlatives

Topics:

Model

03 240 at full speed
Small Tender, big Ears

Design

The path to the first layout (Part 1)
It all starts with a Dream

Technology

The magical dust fairy
Dusting up!

News

Report from the Faszination Modellbahn
On a Day Trip to Mannheim

Topics:

Model

Prototypical locomotive operation
And who invented it?

New releases of the year 2023
Groundbreaking and Award-winning

News

Spring innovations for Z gauge
A bountiful Table

Topics:

Model

Old V 60 pimped out
Give it everything you've got!

Design

Layout details (part 6)
To the Right and the Left of the Way

News

The 2nd Advent Sunday in Zell (Moselle)
An Advent Gathering

A year with Z gauge
Our annual Review

Topics:

Model

Container transport cars from Märklin
Just OK is not good enough

Design

Camouflage instead of burying
Hidden from View

Half relief buildings from Modellbahn Union
Smart Transition to the Background

News

Faszination Modellbau on Lake Constance
Growing Popularity of the Trade Fair

Hobby Show in Duisburg
Model Railroading Day

Topics:

Model

Märklin enters the second round
A Message on a Railway Car

Rokuhan’s magnificent new model
Premier of the Shinkansen

Prototype

The Shinkansen of 1964
Bullet Train

News

Model train days in Hochdahl
Participating instead of just watching

Topics:

Model

Reworking the V 320
Successfully modified

Design

Layout details (part 5)
The Charm of abandoned Places

Technology

Mobile Station WLAN
All in one Hand

News

Märklin Days in Göppingen
Life in the Booth again

Topics:

Model

Tinkering for version diversity
You have to have Ideas!

Design

Build your own structures (part 4)
Up to the Water Tank

News

Black Forest Railway Museum
Very small meets very big

Topics:

Model

The Ardelt-Crane 57 to. from NoBa-Modelle
Powerful Help for heavy Loads

Design

Portrait of a large private layout
Welcome to Werdersheim

Build your own structures (part 3)
Mathematics in Modelling

Topics:

Model

The Era of the Pop Colours of the DB
The Country needs new Colours

Design

Layout details (part 4)
Abandoned and forgotten

Technology

Uhlenbrock Intellibox 2neo
The Success Story continues

News

Model railways in Sindelfingen
The Meeting of the Regions

Topics:

Model

DB V 320 001 for Z gauge
The Colossus from Göppingen

A Z Gauge Class 01.5
Flops, Misfortunes and Mishaps

Prototype

Rekolok Class 01.5
The Powerhouse of the DR

Design

Layout details (Part 3)
Of Colours and Shapes

Topics:

Model

A rabbit hutch for Spur Z
Märklin fills the Gap

Design

Layout details (part 2)
Our Chaotic Nature

News

Relaunch of Intermodellbau Dortmund
The leading Modelling Exhibition returns

The 11th construction phase at Miwula
On to the End of the World

Topics:

Model

Only 3.0 instead of 6.5 mm gauge (part 2)
In Do-it-yourself Construction, the Path is the Goal!

Design

Layout details (part 1)
Innovation with inner Life

News

Faszination Modellbahn 2023
Second Attempt in Mannheim

Reboot of On traXS! 2023 in Utrecht
Model Making at the highest Level

Topics:

Model

V 100 on a Rokuhan base
Born out of Necessity

Only 3.0 instead of 6.5 mm track gauge (part 1)
May it be a little less?

Technology

Maintenance and care of small railways (part 11)
Böttcher's Miracle Cleaning Agent

Topics:

Model

The Douglas DC-6B from Herpa
An Aircraft made History

News

Spring new products 2023 for Z gGauge
Nuremberg almost insignificant?

Large exhibition in Bad Schwartau
Northernmost Z Gauge Exhibition

Topics:

Model

Our editorial awards 2022
Best New Releases of the Year 2022

JNR electric locomotive EF58 from Rokuhan
Classic of the Japanese Railways

Vickers Viscount 814 of Lufthansa
A Milestone of Aviation

Design

Build your own structures (part 2)
Special Effects at the Signal Box

News

Model railway exhibition in Frankenland
Marktredwitz on the 3rd Sunday of Advent 2022

Topics:

Model

50 years of Z gauge (part 8)
Evolution of the 151 Series

Wagons in railway use
For official Use only!

Design

Build your own structures (Part 1)
Railway Building Construction with available Resources

News

Faszination Modellbau Friedrichshafen
An Exhibition with a new Name

Our review of the year 2022
The End of a special Year

Topics:

Model

Märklin Pwgs 41 goods train baggage car
This is one for the Books…

Boeing 737-200 of Hapag-Lloyd
High Flyer’s 50th Anniversary

Design

On the hairline - a diorama (part 3)
Continuing our Work from Home

News

50 years of Z gauge (part 6)
The Guarantors of Diversity

50 years of Z gauge (part 7)
This is Z-Gauge for our Readers

Topics:

Model

V 188 001 from Märklin
The new Tractive Power Wonder

Prototype

The history of the V 188
Specialization in the DB Service

Design

On the hairline - a diorama (part 2)
Good Things come to those who wait

News

50 years of Z gauge (part 5)
Kind of perfect for Japan

50th anniversary of the author
In the Footsteps of the Emperor

Topics:

Model

A convincing locomotive shed (part 2)
Roof Works and Interior Design

Prototype

Decline – Interim Times – New Life?
The former Railway Town of Opladen

Design

On the hairline - a diorama (part 1)
The Model Railway as Therapy

News

50 years of Z gauge (part 4)
Decoupled from Märklin

Topics:

Model

A convincing locomotive shed (Part 1)
From new to old!

Design

Dream layout by Dirk Kuhlmann
En Route in Lower Bavaria

Technology

Of dreams and fantasies
This crucial Moment …

Topics:

Model

BB 67400 from Azar Models
Standard Locomotive of the SNCF

Closed wagon Gs 40.2 from Azar Models
The French Standard Wagon

Technology

50 Years of Z Gauge (Part 3)
The secret Symbol Animal

Topics:

Model

Reissue of the 2ss-t/13 parcel post wagon
Hello, you’ve got Mail!

50 years of Z Gauge (Part 2)
The supreme Discipline of Self-Construction

News

Discipline and happiness of a reunion
Anniversary Celebration at Altenbeken

Topics:

Model

Five decades on the road
A Sample of commercial Road Vehicles

Vectron MS from Märklin
New Platform for Z Gauge

Prototype

The Siemens Vectron locomotive platform
The Future has begun

Design

Trailer load for Rmms 33 and R 10
Not ordinary for the Best

Topics:

Model

Digital RAm TEE from NoBa-Modelle
Diesel Multiple Unit for Two Nations

TEE trains of the FS and NS / SBB
Two Classics in Self-Build

Technology

A small guide to adhesives (Part 1)
Glue, Cement and more

2019 Collection Märklin Z Gauge from Modellplan
Field Report from the Customer's Point of View

Topics:

Model

Non-public transport trains
Railway Maintenance Trains in Operation

50th fleet anniversary of Boeing 727-230
Across Europe without Borders

Technology

Speedometer by Halling Modelle
How slowly does my Model Railway run?

News

50 years of Z gauge (Part 1)
From a slow Start to the Fast Lane

Topics:

Model

Sliding roof/sliding wall wagons from Märklin
New evolutionary Step for closed Wagons

News

Large series new products 2022 for Z gauge
… and, again, without a major Exhibition

Small series announcements 2022
Tension before Altenbeken?

Topics:

Model

The editorial board selections for 2021
New Releases of the Year

Design

Small Wild West Layout
Gold Rush in a Suitcase

South America by bridge in Hamburg
Samba and Rio de Janeiro

News

Our Annual Review 2021
Things remain difficult …

Staying in conversation (part 9)
Spur-Z-Atelier – A Knack for the finer Things

Topics:

Model

American Garages from Archistories
Getting started made easy

Design

A magic built on cardboard
Winter in Schneeweiler

Lots of Humour for Christmas
Every Year, again?

Technology

A reader's experience report
Working with Redutex Foils

News

Staying in the conversation (part 8)
Ratimo-Z – Focus on 3D Printing

Reports from Friedrichshafen and Dortmund
Only a short Trade Fair Autumn 2021

Topics:

Model

Train formation proposals
Colourful Trains of all Ages

Design

The first driving tests (part 4)
Subtle Work on the Design

Technology

Maintenance & Care (Part 10)
Useful Aids for clean Wheels

News

Staying in the conversation (part 7)
Modellbau Laffont – Z Gauge in the Blood

Topics:

Model

Multi-purpose steam locomotive of the DB
Success on the second Attempt?

Design

The first driving tests (part 3)
Green profiled is the Trend

News

The world comes to Göppingen
A visit to the Märklineum

Staying in the conversation (part 6)
The Avant-Garde of Model Making

Topics:

Model

Series 403/404 from NoBa-Modelle (part 1)
Ancestor of German High-Speed Trains

Intercity trains suitable for the layout
Brevity is the Spice of Life

Prototype

50 Years of Intercity
Revolution in Long-Distance Transport

News

Staying in the conversation (part 5)
Architecture and (Hi)story

Get out and meet friends
The Desire for Model Railways

Topics:

Model

Fokker 100 of the HLX
Flying for the Price of a Taxi

The IC precursors of the DB
70 Years of Blue F-trains

Prototype

From long-distance express train to intercity
Helvetia – Switzerland in the Name

Technology

VT 04 501 with Velmo upgrade
Cutting Edge Digital

Guide to Model Railway Photography (Part 2)
Photo editing and optimising

News

Staying in the conversation (part 4)
Trafofuchs - News from the Fox’s Den

Topics:

Model

The 141 series in green
Attention, Firecracker!

Vlmms 63 of ZetNa 220
Only a short Heyday

Design

Self-built track ramps (Part 2)
Construction of the Ramps with Arcades

Technology

The first driving tests (Part 2)
Curved Tracks on a good Foundation

Topics:

Model

The V 188 from NoBa-Modelle
The alternative “Bull”

A Gl 11 becomes a Gl 22
Upgrading made easy

Design

Self-built track ramps (Part 1)
Planning and finding Materials

Technology

The first driving tests (Part 1)
Track Geometry and Basics

Topics:

Model

Revised NOHAB from Märklin
A new Heavyweight

MAN 630 from Ratimo-Z
The perfect Complement

Technology

Guide to Model Railway Photography (Part 1)
Successfully photographing Model Railways

News

Staying in the conversation (part 3)
HOS Modellbahntechnik: To live for Model Making

Topics:

Model

Märklin SSy 45 heavy goods wagon
Because all good things come in threes

Livestock car V 23 from ZetNa 220
Last Cattle Ride

Douglas DC-3 in Pan Am Colours
Candy Bomber from Herpa

Design

New wooden crates from Joswood
Overseas Shipping Crates

News

Staying in the conversation (Part 2)
NoBa-Modelle unlimited

Topics:

Model

Ommr 33 from FR Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik
A successful Wagon, both large and small

Douglas DC-9-30 as a new product from Herpa
One aircraft with many Names

Technology

Ideas from reader for readers
Ten Tips for Success

News

Staying in the conversation (Part 1)
JMC Scale Models: How it all began

Topics:

Design

Model railway scenery construction (Part 1)
And what does not fit …

Technology

Marine emergency deployment as a model
Rescue from the Greatest Distress

News

Large series new products 2021 for Z gauge
New, even without a Show in Nuremberg

Small Series Manufacturers New Products 2021
The Salt in the Soup again

Topics:

Model

Our Editor’s Choices for 2020
New Products of the Year

Reaching the goal by the simplest means
Do-it-yourself Half-luggage and Half-coach Wagon

Technology

Maintenance & Care (Part 9)
And Then Postponed for a Long Time

News

Our annual review of the year 2020
Losses and prospects

Topics:

Model

Mercedes fire trucks
The Starry Sky

Märklin’s V 80 series
Trailblazer of Z Gauge?

Prototype

Pioneer of the cardan shaft drive
Unimportant and Yet Significant

Design

Drachenstein of Harald Hieber
The Neverending Story

News

Commentary from Dirk Kuhlmann
A Time to Forget

Topics:

Model

Motorized Klv 20 from Märklin
Please do not swallow!

On track on rail and road in Z
The rolling Railway Siding

Prototype

Culemeyer transports for more than fifty years
Transport Specialist Reichsbahn

Design

On the way in Diemeltal (Part 4)
A green Finale with a Kick

Wiesenthal a century ago
The Man is himself!

Topics:

Model

Four-axle freight wagon GGths 43
A popular Exotic in the West

Prototype

Along the Ruhr, Hoppecke and Diemel
History of the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway

Design

On the way in Diemeltal (Part 3)
Up and down – shaping the Landscape

Germany's wine valleys
Along the River Rhosel

News

Long distance travel in times of crisis
Who is leading the Game?

Topics:

Model

The special trains “German Wine Route”
Rolling Wine Cellars in Service

The concept of NoBa-Modelle
Standard Work for Mobility

The Scottish Princess
An aircraft gone astray?

Design

Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 4)
Working behind the Scenes

News

Special exhibition in the DB Museum
100 Years of the Deutsche Reichsbahn

Topics:

Model

Series 120 of DR from Zmodell
A Taigatrommel for Z Gauge

Design

Inspired by Bernhard Stein
Alpine Idyll in the Baden Area

Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 3)
Creating the Landscape, finally…

Technology

Line telephones in prototype
Relics of Telecommunications

Topics:

Model

Schi-Stra-Bus by 1zu220-Shop
The Impetus for new Mobility

Prototype

The forefather of two-way vehicles
An unusual Pioneer

Design

Cherry blossoms in Shizuoka
A bonsai-sized diorama

Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 2)
Creating a two-levelled terrain understructure

Topics:

Model

The Prototype for Entertainment Cars
There's a Mood in the Joint…

The Douglas DC-4 of the KLM
Zero Hour for a War Baby

Design

Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 1)
Brick by Brick – Building a Train Station

Laser cut kits from Noch
New and yet familiar

Topics:

Model

A railway curiosity
The Gallopping Goose

Design

Southwest of the Holstentor
Lübeck district Buntekuh

On the way in Diemeltal (Part 2)
Railway before scenery?

Topics:

Model

The Linz type model from Freudenreich
A Quick-change Artist

New cargo ideas for more variety
For industry and agriculture

Design

Karl-Heinz Wobschall’s Bergheim layout
Busy Times at the Alpine Foothills

On the way in Diemeltal (Part 1)
From an idea to a plan

Topics:

Model

Handicraft work for a gap closure
An Amtrak ALCO PA1

Design

Greetings from Old Lübeck
Back then at the Holstentor

Technology

The perspectives of 3D printing
Opening new horizons

News

10 years Rainer-Tielke-Modellbau
Tenth Anniversary in the North (of Germany)

With fear breathing down my neck
Lahnstein in the year 2020

Topics:

Model

New releases for the year 2019
Double win for Märklin

News

A review of the 2019 modelling year
Ups, downs and some surprises

The 71st International Toy Fair 2020
The newest items from Nuremberg

News and announcements in advance about Altenbeken
Small series new products at the beginning of the year

Topics:

Model

The Class 03¹⁰ from Märklin
Surprise succeeded?

Prototype

The 03¹⁰ class at the Bundesbahn
Swan song on the Ruhrtalbahn

News

Z gauge Advent meeting in Zell (Mosel)
Every (two) years again

Topics:

Model

Tank cars, filling stations and mineral oil logistics
A small step with a big effect

Prototype

Fuel supply in retrospect
In the beginning there was coa

Design

Like a small theatre
Setting the stage for small layouts

Technology

Shinkansen E6 Komachi
Outside wow, …inside too!

Topics:

Model

From house to house on new paths
Many compromises and gaps

Prototype

Significant development spurt from 1946
Large container traffic at the DB

Design

Winter scenery for a Christmas story
Exciting adventures on a scale of 1:220

News

25 Years of Faszination Modellbau
Anniversary in Friedrichshafen

Topics:

Model

UIC standard wagon
Hard to take

Convair CV-340 of KLM
Historic boarder crosser

Design

Queen of the rails in the spotlight
A catwalk for beauties

News

That was Märklintage 2019
Exhibition in Göppingen

Topics:

Model

Museum steam on a small scale
Character heads wanted

Design

Swiss mountain panorama
A journey over the Gotthard Pass

Perfect track spacing
The golden mean

Technology

Self-built project on shorty chassis
As if driven by the hands of spirits

Topics:

Model

Upgrading work on Märklin‘s V 36
Optimization potential detected

The legendary “VW Bulli”
Retired transporter

Design

Journeyman's piece for a masterpiece
On the North Sea coast

News

The Herpa Summer Festival 2019
The sun smiles for the anniversary

Topics:

Model

New Fish Belly Bridge from Märklin
With a curve over the Lennesand

Prototype

Märklin's new advertising locomotive 101 064-4
Well dressed

Design

The four seasons of Z gauge (part 2)
A sequel with pitfalls

News

Excursion to the DB Museum Nuremberg
Beer, bananas and more .

Topics:

Model

Landscape & Track (Part 1)
Somewhere in nowhere

Design

Competition work by Ralf Junius
Forgotten places in decay

Useful tools from Microrama
Specialists for precision works

Technology

Maintenance & Care (Part 8)
Lying patients

News

Joint meeting in Sindelfingen
South German large fan meeting.

Topics:

Model

New FR models under test
Round noses from Sanitz

Technology

Märklin on new paths
Increasing instead of losing weight

News

Intermodellbau Dortmund
Visiting the construction site

Topics:

Model

Shape variant of the series 236
From the roof cockpit down

Axel Pieke’s small layout
Test track on a square metre (Mark II)

News

Successful premiere in Mannheim
When model railways fascinate

Through the vastness of America
A meeting of US Model Railroaders

Topics:

Model

Archistories’ neo-Gothic church
For whom the hour strikes

Series E 41 from Märklin
In complete new ways

Prototype

First standard locomotive series E 41
A firecrakcer at the DB

Technology

Mechanical signal box
Home made pulley holders

Topics:

Model

The Hello Kitty Shinkansen
Kitty on board!

Boeing 737-200 from Herpa
From baby to successful aircraft

News

New model railway appearance in Hall 7A
Anniversary in Nuremberg

New and news of the small series
Far away from the International Toy Fair

Topics:

Model

Märklin’s new Rmms 3
Of times and miracles

Fine detailing of the series 94^5-17
Noble Prussians from Blomberg

News

The year in review 2018
Colourful and varied

Editorial award for special models
New products of the year 2018

Topics:

Model

The ex-Minden 18 505 of the DB
Queen of the steam locomotives

Prototype

90 years of the German Luxury Train
The legend of the Rheingold

Technology

Digital model railway control (part 6)
Practical beginner experiences

News

International Model Railway Exhibition
A biennial highlight

Topics:

Model

UIC standard car of the FS
Large capacity Italian

Warehouse by Märklin
Rural trading centre

Design

Magitree by Microrama
Magically grown trees

Once upon a time in 1974…
Late summer on the mousepath

News

Faszination Modellbau 2018
Excursion to Lake Constance

Topics:

Model

The class V 200⁰ of Märklin
The same but different

Design

Making spruce trees from wire
Realistic looking conifers

Technology

Digital model railway control (part 5)
Commissioning of a digital locomotive

Maintenance and care of small trains (part 7)
A puzzle game with many pieces

Topics:

Design

Modelling vegetation with Microrama
A new lease on life for a railway embankment

Technology

Digital model railway control (part 4)
Introduction to digital practice

News

Open house at Märklin
A train through the whole city

Topics:

Model

Märklin development 1973 to 2018
Evolution of the rail bus

Combine harvester model on a scale of 1:220
A revolution in agriculture

Design

Rock design with Styrofoam
An alternative to plaster

Topics:

Model

Doornkaat Wagon of the MKO e.V.
At home on the coast

Design

Inspired by a small layout
An excursion to Tiny Village

Technology

Comparison of electric motor versions
Sequencew of generations in motor technology

Digital model railway control (part 3)
The puzzle fits together

Topics:

Model

The VW Beetle turns eighty years old
Everyday car of bygone times

Boeing 707-400 from Herpa
Time for jet aircrafts

Design

Dörpeder Hof from 1zu220-Shop
North German half-timbered art

Technology

Digital model railway control (Part 2)
Assembling a digital puzzle

Topics:

Model

Märklin’s model of the DB’s CidT 8
Special local train relic

News

7^th Meeting in Altenbeken
The benchmark of all things

Not just a continuation
Fair in Dortmund

Topics:

Model

Same goal - different way
The transformation to a bar car

Design

Alternative plant models
Shrubs from the Grasmaster

Technology

Digital model railway control (Part 1)
High Voltage or higly exciting?

Topics:

Model

Machine with weaknesses and strengths
Mother of the standard steam locomotive

Design

Nursery with a difference
Sapling, change!

News

An extraordinary exhibition
Great hustle and bustle in Lahnstein

Topics:

Design

Impressionen from the North Sea
Welcome at Kniephaven

News

The trade fair news for our gauge Z
Shrinkage at the Toy Fair

Waiting for Altenbeken
Small series news 2018

Topics:

Model

A top model of SMZ
Der Rote Pfeil (Red Arrow) RAe 2/4

Bavarian van from Zcustomizer
Local Train Capacities

News

Advent meeting in small group
Under adverse circumstances

2017 new releases
Excellent top products