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Märklin

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The German company Gebr. Märklin introduced their first plastic carmodels in 1953. These models were thought as accessoiries to the well-known Märklin trainsets and were relatively simple plastic models without glazing or bottomplates. At first, the models were unpainted, but the windows were painted silver later on. All models were made in one piece, except the VW, this VW transporter was made in two pieces which could each have a different colour. The models have only been in production for about a year, the only models Märklin continued to produce and use as a waggonload were the Ford Taunus 12M and the Mercedes L3500 truck. In 1966 Märklin introduced the Ford Taunus 20M to replace the 12M model, the 20M model has glazing and a bottomplate. Although most models are marked 'Märklin made in Germany', unmarked models are known to exist. 

The following models were available in this 'Thermoplastik' or '860' series:

Not only the brass masters of all models are still in the possession of Marklin, but there are three other masters of models that were planned but have never been released. These models were:

Mercedes-Benz L3500 trucks

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After the plastic models disappeared from the Märklin catalogue, Märklin used (and still uses) carmodels from other manufacturers. In the early 1990s however, Märklin returned to carmodel manufacturing and introduced models of prototypes from the early years of motoring in die-cast and some newer models in plastic. Most of these models were released through the Märklin Händler Initiative program (MHI). 

These are the models we have found sofar:

Ref#		Model(s)	Released
1883		Lokomobile steamroller with trailer 'Leonhard Weiss'	1995
1884		SAG truck 'Rahma' SAG glass transporter truck Benz truck 'Milchwunder'	?
1885		SAG-Omnibus 'Royal-Hotel' Benz-Omnibus 'Elite-Rundfahrten Büssing-Omnibus 'Bernburger Straßen-Motorwagen'	1993
1886		Magirus laddertruck SAG truck (dogcatcher) SAG tanktruck	1993
1887		Lokomobile steamroller with trailer 'H.Lindner Kinematograph Nürnberg'	?
1888		Benz truck 'Tölzer Aktien Brauerei' SAG truck 'Continental' SAG truck 'Maggi'	?
1889		Benz truck '4711' Büssing truck 'Mainzer-Aktien-Bierbrauerei' SAG truck 'Dampfwaschanstalt'	1993
1890		Firebrigade set SAG truck with ladder rack SAG ambulance Magirus laddertruck	?
1891		Lokomobile crane	1993
1892		Set of three Fendt tractors	?
1893		Magirus laddertruck SAG firetruck (firehose-transport) SAG firetruck (crew carrier)	1993
1894		Benz truck 'Henkel Persil' Büssing truck 'Brauerei' Benz truck 'Bavaria'	?
1895		Lokomobile steamroller	?
1896		Lokomobile 'Heucke' (special series)	?
1897		Lokomobile 'Heucke'	?
1898		SAG-Omnibus 'Kaiserliche Post' Benz truck 'Württembergische Post' Benz truck 'Gebr. Märklin & Co.'  (Limited edition issued to commemorate 500 years of German Post)	1990
1899		Benz truck (open) Benz truck (closed) Büssing truck (closed) - all without prints	?

Magirus truck

Fendt tractor

Besides these models Märklin also releases models in combination with railroad cars, we have found the models listed below sofar. All ref# are the catalogue numbers of the railroad cars. Most of these models were also released through the Märklin Händler Initiative program (MHI). 

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