{"id":559,"date":"2021-12-14T19:22:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:22:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:22:44","slug":"not-what-i-had-planned-but-it-stinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Not what I had planned but it stinks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an early Christmas present I treated myself to an old M\u00e4rklin starter set I found on ebay. And guess what? It&#8217;s incomplete! Three curves are missing and no word about in the description. But at least it works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh,boy! I remember that smell of burned iron from my childhood days. 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So when I tested it (Very carefully!) I was prepared for the worst and to react in an instant if necessary. But it works fine. Even the switch for going into revers. (Is there a proper word for that in English?) I will not lose a word about these cable\/ plug connections here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, whereforefore? The idea is to teach myself a little bit more about maths, physics and electronics with the help of a book that uses model trains as demonstration material. Ok, that&#8217;s only a pretext. I just wanted a model train!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an early Christmas present I treated myself to an old M\u00e4rklin starter set I found on ebay. And guess what? It&#8217;s incomplete! Three curves are missing and no word about in the description. But at least it works. Oh,boy! I remember that smell of burned iron from my childhood days. Gladly the set was cheap enough not to complain too much and I ordered the missing rails for a really decent price. 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