EE 401 NEW Maerklin Märklin Marklin HO 5120 Industrial Radius Curve "M" Track Oval Kit,  
with track refurbished for very low resistance

New Condition with Feeder Track, Screws, Screw Driver, and Instructions

To help you get started in building a Marklin Maerklin Märklin HO “M” Track layout, Eckert Engineering has put together some “Oval Kits” that create an oval of track, complete with feeder track, screws, screw driver, and instructions.  Transformer and train are NOT included. There are three (3) different kits, one kit for each of the different track radii that Marklin HO "M" Track offers:  5120 Small Industrial Curve, 5100 Standard Curve, and 5200 Big Radius Curve.  Each size kit is available in different conditions of track. Below are data on the three radii of curves:

The auction title indicates which oval kit size you are bidding on.  You get the oval of track, shown in the title, screws & screwdriver, feeder track, and instruction sheet.  You do NOT get the other two size oval kits.

Here we describe the details of each of the 3 sizes:

·              EE 401 Marklin HO 5120 Small Industrial Curve "M" Track Oval Kit. This oval kit has:

·              8 each of 5120 Small (Industrial) curve “M” track (8 tracks make a complete [360 degree] circle) 

·              1 each of 5106 full length straight “M” track

·              1 each of 5111 Straight Feeder “M” track (with long wires/plugs)

·              Bag of "M" Track screws (about 60 screws) in NEW condition

·              Phillips head screw driver for the above screws

·              Instruction sheet from EE’s booklet on connecting the feeder track to Marklin transformer

·              EE 402 Marklin HO 5100 Standard Curve "M" Track Oval Kit. This oval kit has:

·              12 each of 5100 Standard curve “M” tracks (12 tracks make a complete [360 degree] circle) 

·              1 each of 5106 full length straight “M” track

·              1 each of 5111 Straight Feeder “M” track (with long wires/plugs)

·              Bag of "M" Track screws (about 60 screws) in NEW condition

·              Phillips head screw driver for the above screws

·              Instruction sheet from EE’s booklet on connecting the feeder track to Marklin transformer

·              EE 403 Marklin HO 5200 Big Curve "M" Track Oval Kit. This oval kit has:

·              12 each of 5200 Big curve “M” tracks (12 tracks make a complete [360 degree] circle) 

·              1 each of 5106 full length straight “M” track

·              1 each of 5111 Straight Feeder “M” track (with long wires/plugs)

·              Bag of "M" Track screws (about 60 screws) in NEW condition

·              Phillips head screw driver for the above screws

·              Instruction sheet from EE’s booklet on connecting the feeder track to Marklin transformer

·              Condition: EE’s Oval Kits are available in track conditions:  NEW, LN, EXC, VG.

·              All “M” track the EE sells has been refurbished as required to be in perfect “Operational” condition.  Then graded for its “Cosmetic” condition.

·              This kit is for the “Cosmetic” condition as indicated by the auction title, Eckert Engineering offers the Oval Kits in these “Cosmetic” conditions.  See the picture where we describe our criteria for “M” track “Cosmetic” conditions.

·              NEW (NEW) Condition

·              LikeNew (LN) Condition

·              Excellent (EXC) Condition

·              Very Good (VG) Condition

·  EE Spot Weld of 3rd rail connectors:  A common problem with “M” track is resistance building up between the black metal 3rd rail piece with the studs and the two chrome plated end connectors. Eckert Engineering has recently perfected repairing such resistive connections with a spot welding technique.  35-100 joules of power are instantly passed through the potential trouble spots, welding them together and reducing the total resistance to less than 0.1 Ω (ohms).

Payment

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Combined Shipping and Handling

YES, we combine shipping. Buy all the items you want BEFORE you make payment. We suggest NOT using the eBay shopping cart; it has issues. This helps you and us!!  We use the eBay automated S&H fee system based on the weight of each item;  it should correctly calculate fair combined shipping.  If you think you were charged too much S&H, pay it, but then ask us to review!  We will review and partial refund as appropriate.  Thanks for your business!  Timothy, Andrew, Christy of Eckert Engineering

Terms of Sale

Customer Satisfaction:  At Eckert Engineering we will ALWAYS do whatever is necessary to ensure that you, our customer, is satisfied. Mistakes do happen from time to time and item grading is very subjective from person to person.  But please don’t worry.  Just know that if you are NOT happy with any aspect of what you bought from Eckert Engineering, just let us know.  We will contact you and work out with you either a full refund, partial refund, or something else as needed to ensure that you are a satisfied customer that will return to our eBay store. Please see our > 99% Positive Feedback. Please know that we are VERY FAIR!!  We have many Marklin Trains and parts for sale, but we only have one reputation, and it is GOOD. We are a family owned and operated small business and will do WHATEVER it takes to keep our GOOD reputation.  Call us old fashion.   Timothy, Andrew, Christy of Eckert Engineering

About Eckert Engineering

Timothy Eckert started playing with Marklin Maerklin Märklin HO when he was 5 years old; his father's job with RCA sent him to Germany on a regular basis and he always came home with Märklin trains in his suitcase!  One set of used Märklin passenger cars bought at a garage sale were some 351 cars, including two of the Kolls 351F version with the prohibited swastika on the sides. After 20 years of play, it was realized how collectible these cars were and they were traded for a large lot of K track, signals and cash.  The Märklin signals were more important than the cash, as playing with and understanding them opened up the world of automatic train control (ATC) for Tim.  He has spent much time since building signal controllers and playing with the finer points of ATC!  Eckert Engineering was created with Märklin, Signals, and Digital Power Supplies (i.e., 600 watts of Digital Power!!) at the forefront. Tim's day job as an engineer in the nuclear commercial power industry helped give him the electrical engineering know-how necessary, and no, he does not glow at night.  Now after 20 years, it’s time to start a slow turnover of Eckert Engineering to his children Andrew and Christy before the beer truck takes him out. Each day we have the apprentices learning from the master yet another aspect of the wonderful world of Märklin Trains!!

Contact Us

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YES, we combine shipping. Buy all the items you want BEFORE you make payment. We suggest NOT using the eBay shopping cart; it has issues. This helps you and us!! We use the eBay automated S&H fee system based on the weight of each item; it should correctly calculate fair combined shipping. If you think you were charged too much S&H, pay it, but then ask us to review! We will review and partial refund as appropriate. Thanks for your business! Timothy, Andrew, Christy of Eckert Engineering

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