Klein GeTrein

24/04/2026

22/04/2026

Solid stainless steel frames for the KgTMb 15Fs, with roller bearing pockets that allow for vertical movement, but no horisontal movement.

17/04/2026

Brass smoke deflectors for the KgTMb 15F in Cape Gauge HO:

16/04/2026

Just a follow-up on the previous post; the KgTMb 15Fs are photo etched, machined and casted in brass, nickel silver and stainless steel

15/04/2026

The KgT Mb 15F in Cape Gauge HO running boards with turbo generator, reversing cylinders and opposite link cover and sandboxes (without lids):

13/03/2026

Testing a brass SAR/SAS parafin lamp to be fitted on the KgT Mb 15F buffer beams, in Cape Gauge HO, 1:87 scale, half the size of n match head:

13/03/2026

Test fitting detail parts on the KgT Mb 15F in Cape Gauge HO, 1:87:

07/03/2026

Getting some HO 15F patterns ready for brass castings. The holes in the firebox are for fitting brass and stainless washout plugs after painting of the firebox and boiler. The cylinders also get stainless end convers, and brass baypass fittings, and finally stainless cladding in 0.1mm sheet:

23/12/2025

The EW tender bogie castings of the SAR/SAS Class 23, later used on the Class 15F, carry various cast-in markings. One of them is the small angled “43”. Its meaning is unclear to me, but it’s on the prototype — so it’s on the 1:87 scale model too:

21/12/2025

Roof detail on the cab of the KgT Mb SAR 15F in 1:87 scale, in brass:

19/12/2025

KgT Mb 15F, 1:87 scale: Stainless steel tyres for the pony trucks, trailing bogies, tenders, and main drywers, precision-machined by master machinist Leon Kamffer. Fabricated to jewellery grade standards and precision micro model engineering at its finest: