Deutsche Reichsbahn said:New items from PIKO:
Not yet, can't take long anymore I think. Maybe tomorrow.whatlep said:Deutsche Reichsbahn said:New items from PIKO:
Very interesting. Thank you!
To be honest, there's nothing in the new stock which grabs me (though a rake of those Silverfish coaches would be impressive!), but the curved points and Piko DCC booster are of great interest.
Anyone seen any LGB/Marklin plans for 2011?
stockers said:Agreed Peter. I does look as though they are continuing sown the stadard gauge route despite the obviouse success of the 199. Still, the Croc looks good but not sure on the detailing of that American Mogul - looks crude but its only a photo so we will see.
stockers said:not sure on the detailing of that American Mogul - looks crude but its only a photo so we will see.
whatlep said:stockers said:not sure on the detailing of that American Mogul - looks crude but its only a photo so we will see.
Know what you mean. Valve gear appears to be as crude as the BR80.
Intriguing that Piko are so clearly pursuing the US and German standard gauge market. Perhaps I am simply out of tune with the wider marketplace in wanting more narrow gauge items? :thinking:
Deutsche Reichsbahn said:This is my view:
Märklin-LGB still has a dept of 60 million so the chance the company dies next year is still very big. Maybe PIKO waits for it to die and to buy LGB from Märklin very cheap so they have their narrow gauge market.
PIKO is capable of buying LGB anyway, they just don't want it at the moment.
New Haven Neil said:The curved point would be very useful, but is the R3 as in LGB R3..... being as a Piko R5 is R3.... so to speak!
whatlep said:Deutsche Reichsbahn said:This is my view:
Märklin-LGB still has a dept of 60 million so the chance the company dies next year is still very big. Maybe PIKO waits for it to die and to buy LGB from Märklin very cheap so they have their narrow gauge market.
PIKO is capable of buying LGB anyway, they just don't want it at the moment.
That's a very interesting perspective on the situation.
I hope the analysis proves wrong, but given Piko's evident superiority in business acumen I won't be amazed if you are 100% correct!
whatlep said:New Haven Neil said:The curved point would be very useful, but is the R3 as in LGB R3..... being as a Piko R5 is R3.... so to speak!
It's Piko R3: in other words 920mm radius. I assume that using two of the points together will produce tracks 160mm apart, that being Piko's universal centre-centre dimension. It may also be a pointer towards the introduction of Piko R2 at 760mm. Piko's track geometry has been particularly well designed to allow for both R2 and R4 in their scheme seamlessly. See the overall geometry here and, in particular, the lowest diagram: http://www.piko.de/produkt_db/check.php?page=g-geometriebeispiele&grand_id=6&parent_id=3&sss=3