Something A Little Different, If You Have 20k Euros To Spare....

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Just spotted this little lot on eBay.de....

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Modellbahn-K...230371?hash=item5d5f80ba63:g:jAIAAOSw7FRWWz0G

The description reads (via Google translate):
To bid is a complete model railway in scale 1: 22 with a track width of 67 mm. All vehicles and track material created by hand. All traction units are motorized and run over a driving transformer with 12 - 24 V, 10 A. The EDK 50 is fully operational, it is operated via a control unit. All vehicles are sprung, have screw couplings and spring buffers. To convolute includes 3 hand turnouts, 3 semaphores, 1 barrier with guard house and 1 buffer. The curved tracks have a radius of about 12 m. Together, 78 m tracks available. Lineup of vehicles offered: - Kö 2, LüP 310 mm, - SKL Schöneweide with sidecar, LüP 38 mm, - BR 106, LüP 480 mm - BR 120 (Taigatrommel) LüP 800 mm - BR 84 001, length over buffers 640 mm - BR 01 5, LüP 1100 mm - BR 212 (White Lady), 740 mm length over buffers - VT 18-16, 4 pieces - EDK 50 with crane protection carriage and control unit - lift the boom, winch, rotating the crane - 4 St. 4achs. Reko-Wagen, - 1 cars 2axle. - 1 Caboose - 1 low side car - 1 Selbstentladewagen, 4 Achs. More pictures available on demand. Material can be visited. You acquire an absolute rarity in the model railway world!

:)

Jon.
 
Ohhhh! NICE!!
So, do you think 67mm is the outside measurement of G3, or is it a totally scratch-built thing, I wonder?
Not that I could afford it, even with that nice orange tractor and big crane.. :cry::clap::clap:
 
PhilP said:
Ohhhh! NICE!!
So, do you think 67mm is the outside measurement of G3, or is it a totally scratch-built thing, I wonder?
Not that I could afford it, even with that nice orange tractor and big crane.. :cry::clap::clap:
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I wondered about the track gauge too, Phil - it COULD be G3 measured outside the rails, but I doubt an expert (fanatical?) modeller like this would measure the gauge differently from everyone else.... I suspect it might be that he's built it to 67mm gauge because he's specified 1:22 scale, rather than the 1:22.5 that is the "correct" scale for Standard Gauge G3. It would be a shame and an odd decision if that's the case, because if they'd run on Gauge 3 track then I'd think he'd have a better market for the beautiful work he's done.....

Jon.
 
Hmm, the track and signal base don't look water resistant, so is this an indoor layout? With radius of 12m?
 
Very, very tasty! In Sterling terms it's only (ONLY?) just over £14K !!!!!!!!!!
 
I think it is a 'one-off'.. Looks a little like paxolin (PCB) sleepers, from what can be seen on the listing..
Must make it 'RARE', as some listings say.. A real pity if it would be confined to itself.
 
Reading the seller's feedback suggests he is a dealer so I don't think they're his models. I'd put my money on Standard Gauge G3 any day.

And I bet that the track radius is 1.2M.

Don't believe everything you see on eBay!
 
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