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Rhaetian Railway (RhB) – Prototype and H0m Model Railroading

RhB Models in other scales than H0m

IIm

      When I first published this page in October 2001, I wrote here:

      “You will, of course, expect something about LGB here, and if you are an LGB enthusiast, you will expect to hear something good about LGB. I have to disappoint you: For various reasons, I have some problems with LGB.
      The main reason is probably the fact that I see myself as a model railroader, while I consider LGB mostly as a toy train. This is absolutely OK and it is nothing ‘bad,‘ but it is not my way of model railroading.
      What makes me say something like that? There are three reasons: Accuracy of scale, amount of detail and selection of models.”

      The detailed analysis of these three aspects was finished with the sentence

      “My dear RhB friends, the sight of red or blue Rhaetian Crocodiles turns my stomach. No, folks, not like this, please!”

      Meanwhile, we have a blue crocodile – a prototype was created to push sales of the model. We know this policy from Märklin, and meanwhile, after the long negotiations between late 2006 and summer 2007, LGB belongs to Märklin. I hope that we will not see more similarly “clever” marketing ideas, or we may have something like a yellow G 4/5 some day.

      The German web address www.lgb.de is currently (February 2008) still redirected to the site of LGB of America; further negotiations between Märklin and LGBoA will be necessary as there are still unresolved problems (e.g., LGBoA models can't be officially sold in Europe).

      This brings us to the small series manufacturers and into the realm of high detail and high prices. Hardly anyone knows these models; I use to get my information from the model railroad literature.
      At the 2005 Nuremberg Toy Fair, a new manufacturer, Brawa, entered the IIm scene. The first models  – G 4/5 with four cars – left an excellent impression. The reasonable prices – above LGB, but below the small-series manufacturers – will help to establish Brawa with the IIm model railroaders.

      Manufacturers of IIm models (there may be others):

Copyright © 2001–2008 and responsible for contents: Christoph Ozdoba.
First version October 20, 2001, last edited February 17, 2008.

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