LOTS to LOVE! BR50 2-10-0 from Fleischmann is really UNUSUAL | Model Railway Review HO Scale

[@grosbeakmc]

I'm a Canadian Army brat and was stationed in Lahr, Germany from 1978 to 1982. There was an excellent hobby shop in town and I got their Fleischmann catalog every year. Most of my set was bought in Canada and as a young boy I could not afford any of the gorgeous Fleishmann stuff, although I did get a lovely transformer one year for Christmas and some bits of rolling stock through the years there. Such fond memories!

[@ziziessal7ie103]

You were lucky te be stationed there. Very beautiful area. Best Greetings from the Netherlands! 😊

[@grosbeakmc]

@@ziziessal7ie103I was very lucky indeed - it was a great experience. as was the drive to the Netherlands to visit those of my mother's relatives who still lived there. Mom emigrating to Canada with her parents and seven siblings in 1954.

[@ziziessal7ie103]

@@grosbeakmc ah yes indeed, lots of Dutch migrated to Canada. Do you know Overloon near Arnhem? There is a war museum dedicated to WOII and battle of Arnhem. There is a cemetery near with British/ Commonwealth dead. First time I was there I was 16 year old teenager with school. I was boys of 18 years there. What a waste. And every year in Mai there is an event: Militracks. Enthousiasts from over the world come there with their restored tanks and vehicles of WOII to drive in the area and woods and show them to the public. Even some Tigers and Panthers. Very cool.

[@mauricelemmens3244]

Glad to see that you've acquired this model that was introduced in the late sixties. Though it's very detailed for the decade it was introduced in, Fleischmann had to use scale 1/85. Therefore it's slightly longer and wider in comparison to for instance Roco models. Nevertheless I've weathered mine and it still looks damn good next to my other model 4177, which is the same locomotive, but in the period 4 version. A so called Baureihe 051 with a standard tender. Both models were the highlight of the early seventies steamers, along with 4170 (Baureihe 01 220), which is also in my collection. And that one looks even mightier. From the eighties on Fleischmann released more versions of the Br 50/51, which have more details, painted wheel rims, smaller printwork, upgraded motors and versions of the DRG (period 2) and DR (period 3 and 4). Check them out!

[@ivovanzon164]

The top of the box is correct but the foam part is not. Power distribution: main pickups are on the locomotive, tender chassis is also live but that will only work in corners due to the traction tires (see the pickup at 5:04) As is the standard with Fleischmann, the chassis is used as the return for the lamps, and in case of this one for the motor as well (old style brush holder at 6:30). For DCC conversions, the best spots for the decoder are either the firebox or the tender (cut some height off the weight at the back) The front part has been modified, the coupler bar has been removed and the buffers should have white rings instead of being all white 2:10 The cabin on these is a separate part that is glued / clipped to the boiler to allow different cab and boiler styles 2:34 Einheitsloks use a screw reverser, that is the control wheel 2:47 Later versions have a lot finer running gear (and are sold with the same article number) 3:30 That is not totally correct,. Having the train guard on the locomotive allows for adding an extra car (brake force calculation) as you end up with a zero length guard van. These were not that much liked by the personnel, as they were damp and cold, even with the heated bench, as you were sitting inside the water tank. To reduce the impact on water capacity the tender body was extended to cover the toolbox that usually sits on the back. 4:12 These usually have welded bodies instead of riveted ones so it is correct 5:01 The transparent ones are the older type, but as the rear wheel isn't driven there isnt much of a difference. 5:43 These work on R1 curves (360mm radius), there is a lot of sideways movement in the chassis 7:42 The overspill on most Fleischmann tenders is functional, as it hides some of the gearbox

[@Duececoupe]

I grew up with Fleischmann, Piko, Roco, Liliput, Lima and others in the 70's and 80's, fond memories of them all! Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow.... Watched, liked and subscribed! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@JerseyBill-x9r]

What a beauty and it adds to the realism being able to see through the locomotive under the boiler. Great service and video plus HNY, Jersey Bill

[@alyro-ls1dv]

thanks for the video. i was amazed by the picture since my first fleischmann catalogue in the early seventies. i ghink i still don't have one but this video showed me again, i have to get one. best, albrecht

[@briancooper562]

From a period when most wagons had no vacuum or air brakes and required manual wagon brake operation. The brakeman or team of men for a large train used a brake van or earlier still, individual huts on wagons, to adjust braking (when train stationery). The van for brakemen was not at the rear of the train, as UK, but at the front, behind the loco. This loco tender would accommodate a few such brake men for the trains wagons, though not as spacious or equipped as a brake van. The brakemen would also be tasked with coupling wagons, point and signaling adjustment for shunting maneuvers.

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

This is an interesting model. I wouldn't be tempted as I predominantly model DCC models. If you could get an image of the cab detail, you could stick this in the cab against the rear glazing to hide the motor.

[@1911olympic]

Superb and iconic brands like Fleischmann and Märklin, are completely ignored in the English spoken world.

[@presidentxd]

Can you get a br 52? id a 1/32 scale model of it til i dropped it.was a huge loco

[@Locomotion_Motion]

Here's my review of a BR52 (from Piko) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpK7g6pqf853Y7M

[@LarsPW]

Your BR 50 Kab (for Kabinentender, tender with a cabin) is not a niche model in Germany, everybody who wants to sell BR 50 has to have this kind of model. The white painted buffers are not prototypical and had been modified by a previous owner of your model. DB stands for "Deutsche Bundesbahn", the "Deutsche Bahn" came into effect in 1994 incorporating the former Deutsche Bundesbahn (state rail operator of Western Germany) and the former Deutsche Reichsbahn (state rail operator of the former socialist GDR). The cabin in the tender should save shunting a special wagon with accompanying personel, but staff did not like it very much. Fleischmann H0 models with "Rundmotor" (some sort of pancake motor like in your BR 50 here) are usually good crawlers because the motor has a fully enclosing stator magnet, the rotor forces leverage is far better than those in a slim turbo motor often used in current models and mostly they do not employ consuming worm drives. However, there are sets to remotorize Fleischmann steam locomotives e.g. from SB Modellbau. Fleischmann was the first manufacturer of tender-driven models at least in Western Europe.