
A Weathered Express Train Engine
by Gastautor
Hans and Walter Ziegler show how they patinated an 01 from KM1 with simple means. This gives courage to try it yourself. Some prototype photos from the end of the steam era give suggestions how far you should (not) go.

A small Workshop for the Museum's Depot
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Before the coaling station Hans and Walter Ziegler built a small workshop for their museum depot Fützen. The illuminated model is removable and has a sophisticated power supply.
Supply Sources for the Coaling Station
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In addition to the Ziegler brothers' contribution to the construction of the small coaling station, the supply sources now come here.

Homemade Coaling Station
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The Ziegler brothers have completed their museum depot with a small coaling station. After a long wait they decided to build the model themselves. It is functional and looks good.
Here they describe and show how they went about building it.

Wooden Floor for a Flat Car
by Gastautor
There is nothing to replace wood in the model. Hans and Walter Ziegler have revised a flat car from KM1, which improves the appearance with a real wooden floor.

Weathered Freight Cars the Ziegler Way (4)
by Gastautor
The fourth part deals with two self-built gauge 1 boxcars from the 1980s and other freight car models that were worn out in service.

Weathered Freight Cars the Ziegler Way (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Hans and Walter Ziegler have taken two more freight cars for weathering.
The 1-gauge cars show the long years of service of the prototypes.

Weathered Freight Cars the Ziegler Way
by Gastautor
"Only through patination a row of cars will look like a real train," wrote Hans Ziegler and sent an article and many pictures showing how he and his brother Walter proceeded with weathering freight cars. This is because brand-new gauge 1 models appear somewhat out of place on a railway landscape that is obviously close to the original.