Märklin Ardelt Steam Crane 57t (DB) — H0 Digital Crane with Lights, Smoke & Sound

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Märklin Ardelt Steam Crane 57t (DB) — H0 Digital Crane with Lights, Smoke & Sound

Overview

This six-axle Ardelt type 058 steam crane (57 t) brings real work-site action to an H0 layout. Finished in classic chrome-oxide green with the Ludwigshafen am Rhein crest, it features an mfx+ digital decoder, a rich sound set, functional lighting, and a working smoke unit—perfect for realistic recovery and shunting scenes in Era IV.

Contents

  • 6-axle rotary steam crane (type 058, Ardelt), mfx+ decoder, sound, smoke

  • Protection car (stake car conversion from Rms “Stuttgart”)

  • Equipment trolley 631 (covered freight wagon “Gl Dresden”)

Key Features

  • 360° rotating upper carriage with gear-rim drive

  • Boom and main hook raise/lower via pulley; metal hook

  • LED lighting: 2 work lights on boom, cab lighting (both digitally switchable)

  • Smoke set built-in, digitally switchable

  • Outrigger supports: 4 arms swing out and lock on supplied bases

  • Removable smoke hood and counterweight (can be posed on buffer beam)

  • Metal upper body & underframe for stability

  • Minimum radius: 437.5 mm (R2)

  • Length over buffers: approx. 40 cm

  • Item no.: 49571

Where to buy

Amazon.de (paid link)






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