Baden express train car from Dingler assembled

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Dingler has produced various versions of the Baden express train cars from the turn of the century as partial kits for the target group of live steamers. It is partly already soldered, painted and printed, but it requires more experience and patience than the relatively simple assembly of the Baden baggage car.

In part 1 of the assembly description I show with 60 photos how to assemble the car body.

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New Deliveries at Märklin

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Märklin will not deliver an important model until next year.

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Fall traffic at DEV

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Because Covid-19 has significantly affected the whole season, the first German museum railroad is operating for the first time in autumn.

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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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