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Winter 2016 / Spring 2017:

• 013E blue-orange diesel delivered with bright green clockwork
• 013E blue-orange diesel showing a hand-painted bright blue clockwork, NO cable holes
• 1510 "Smoking engine" with and without coal box
• new version and better pictures at the 500er Maerklin engines
• Battery-dummies for the battery tender 1502 and 1504
• Tipper 001 with false punched tins
• Layout of Detlev Gebhardt showing new pictures
• several pages without frames
• ...........

Autumn 2016:

• Animals for the 509 and 238 / 1638 were made by Manurba
• Another cute layout in Switzerland
• 013 A diesel with double lithographed cabin fish plates
• "Police Machine" in 3 versions
• 2 catalogues from approx. 1960

• New leaflets at the FCW catalogue section
• Price list 1961
• news and changes at the 509, 510 and 511 waggons
• a Greek Wharf Crane remake
• several new and better pictures
• VEDES Set 1639 and another set without No.
• ......

Christmas 2014:

• Advert from 1949
• Graphic Track elements
• New pictures from Switzerland
• A new Biller Layout from Lower Bavaria
• Changes at the Train Sets 150, 235, 600, 1640 and without-17
• Merged the Tarin Sets 2000 U and E
• New FCW-Catalogue pages from 1962, 66, 68 and 69
• New pictures and text at the 758 / 759 Crane set
• Changes at the 1825 E Giant
• Several changes at the self-made freight cars
• and as usual several minor changes

Autumn 2014:

• FCW-Katalogseite von 1960
• News at the green battery Diesel 1013
• More pictures and information about the Esbi-Set
• Changes at the waggons / coaches 503, 513 / 1504 and 524 Blister
• Train Sets 237, without 13, Z1 and Z3
• Retailer boxes for the 001 Tipper, 009 curved track - differently pictured lid at the last version Set box
• Works Shop with a real nice Plastic Steam Loco and Tender - and 2 failed re-assembled Diesels
• a KLM-Vickers viscount with significantly different lithographie to the 170 KLM-Pilot Trainer
• Several "peanuts" at the Excavators
• and that's it
• Enjoy

• Tri-Plane cover picture
• as of 1967 FCW started to issue 84 specialized catalogues instead of complete volumes
• Set 1620 listed in 1967 as NEW – type error? Acc. to description would a Set 1614!!!
• Dusyma-Building-Bricks as of 1935 – www.dusyma.de
• Different roof colours at the red clockwork Diesel 013B
• re-dated some box - lids
• "How to handle..." of the 1820 and 1830 are identical
• Some changes at the 100 TWF –Italian description – different numbering
• Alteration / conversion of the 1502 battery truck
• different chain drums at the 750 excavators

• pre-war AA-car from 1937 - new pictures with box
• Race cars 031 with No. 10 and 14
• a boxed 1815 manual Giant
• Set 1635 presenting slight different contents
• amended Layouts - Luxembourg and several
• another Spanish leaflet - for the 1600 E train set
• 520 A green Passenger Coach with bright grey roof
• Dealer box presenting 6 x 501
• self-made loco with fly-wheel motor, 3 more self-made coaches
• .....

• German Novelties 1960
• red boxes at the switches - and some other boxes
• a Russian soldier - unknown so far - even to me!!!
• Dealer box presenting 6 x 503-1
• 3 x Swedish "How to handle..." at the 750 Excavator, 100 TWF and the leaflets
• and as usual some minor corrections

• 3 American catalogues
• Christmas 1957 in Switzerland - FCW
• the black 500 Maerklin
• Train sets "cleaned up"
• amended by 3 locos and 2 toys at the "Work-Shop" Curiosities
• revised the 1820 Portal Crane
• revised the 750 Excavator completely and made them easier to find in the <--- link listing
• added a layout at an exhibition in Frankfurt / Germany
• as usual corrected minor mistakes

• added availability of the 1800 Giant
• picture from two exhibitions in 2010 (I'm very late :-( ) and 2011 in Luxemburg.....
• the mould for the plastic figures
• Set 250 U
• Changes / new or better pictures at the coaches 508 - 509 - 511 - 514 und 515
• Interesting details from an 1952 FCW-catalogue - to be investigated more deeply!!!
• Changes / new or better pictures at the toys 090, 110, 190, 195, 1750, 1800 und 1810
• corrected several small mistakes
• and the rest of the update can be tracked by following the bright blue background ....

rectangular excavator chains available again

Re-starting - slow pace - but got re-started.

• new picture of the 1815 manual Giant 1815
• a fragmented green Peep Chick
• an invoice from 1937, 2 adverts from 1939 and 1941
• new and additional pictures at the FCW-catalogues / leaflets
• invoice from 1937 about HaBi Auto and HaBi Aircraft
• several editorial changes
• .....

• a leaflet and a price list (Dutch versions) from 1964 and 1966
• yellow motor cover at the battery staem locos
• Train sets amended
• 105 Airport and Crane Set 863 /864 received completely new pictures
• and as usual some small changes e.g. production dates at some of the coaches
• .....

JAN-16-2011 presenting the promised Autumn and Xmas Updates 2010:

• 100 TWF with horizontal striped base, black or white wheels
• Excavator 745-2 in at least 3 versions
• Extension Set E-3
• Price list 1963
• Specials 1966
• Steam loco 500 in black with red clockwork
• better pictures at the Sets 1620 and 1660
• refurbished / re-assembled 755 excavator with large boom
• advertising from 1938
• several new info and pictures at the coaches / wagons
• a seldom plastic Steam Loco
• .....