Given the often fairly high price for modern Marklin Z rolling stock, and the need to get a few rakes of relatively inexpensive rakes of wagons together I though I would try my hand at refinishing some of the early container wagons that can be picked up for a couple of pounds from eBay. The wagon on the far right is an example of an unboxed early container many of which are listed on both the UK and German eBay site at less than £5.There is a comprehensive range of ISO container transfers available in 2mm, many of which are suitable for z; as demonstrated by the two wagons at the left of the above photo.In fact you would be very hard pushed to tell that they weren't actual 1:220 decals as they fit the containers sides and ends perfectly.
The enlarged picture shows that for the next attempt I will have to trim closely around the carrier film as the textured sides show this up; however for a wagon that cost around £4, plus £5 for enough decals to do about 6 wagons I think a rake of these will not look at all bad.
The transfers are available from http://www.c-rail-intermodal.co.uk/ and represent excellent value for money.
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