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Fleischmann's new for the model railroad in N scale and trace H

Fleischmann provided the following model-News KW 15/16 In:

H0
414,404 Steam locomotive BR 54 DRG

N scale
722,881 Diesel locomotive Rh 2048 of the Styrian Landesbahn DCC
828,303 Gondola Eaos SNCF
828,304 Gondola...

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iPhone as a train driver - cool app controlling digital model railway

With TouchCab you control the complete digital model quite cool via iPhone

Already, many products have adopted the convenient control of model railways. But times of wired throttle is coming now with the proliferation of local wireless networks (WLANs) is slowly coming to an end. Control looks like the model of the future, shows very clearly the...

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Brake Light sparks

The mini-LED flashes and simulates the flying sparks of a locomotive on the disc

Discs of model locomotives strong brakes cause a radio flight, which is also for H0, TT and N-locomotives in analog or digital mode can be simulated. This is enabled by the product "Brake Light" by MBS beans. It can be set as to...

 
 

New model railroad prospects - camera ride by cheap FlyCam

Die FlyCam wird auf einem Flachwagen geschoben, es kommt in 1:87 nur zu einer geringen Lademaßüberschreitung

The FlyCam is slid on a flat car, it comes only for a low loading up measure transgression into 1:87 Cab rides on the model railway are total in the trend. It is also really charming indeed to experience a model railroad plant from the perspective of the "Preiserlinge". A complete one for free does not offer set to model railroad manufacturer Marklin at which a camera is installed in an intercity express train H0 model and the picture is sent by radio to special glasses from the cab of the model train with radio receiver with the (currently undeliverable) camera system "mobile vision" to the UVP of 849,95 euro to this. But also who would not like to spend many hundred euros on this terrific effect can hold the fascinating look tight on an a little different way and very cheaply in case of the journey over the model railroad plant in form of a film.

The trick consists in using a FlyCam on the model railway! Originally these particularly light cameras have been developed to shoot rapid films, if the FlyCam is installed under a prototype aircraft. They are suitable scale 1:87) for use as of the leading size trace H0 also on model railway vehicles but FlyCams are easy and compact particularly there (. For example the "FlyCam One ²" of the German manufacturer ACME (www.flycamone.de) is suited model railroad film for obtaining from Amazon, direct product link http://twi.gy/Hhru, e.g. for yours. The FlyCam One ² is the currently smallest series video camera of the world! And so you save up for a price of under 60 euros opposite a ready camera version up to almost eight hundred euros!

Note This is an abbreviated reading of the contribution in the current, free expense Novembers 2009)