Welcome to the online store of TILLIG Modelbahnen GmbH
Our online shop currently includes the following range:
- TT assortment (vehicles, beginner sets, Advanced track, bedding track, accessories )
- H0 assortment (vehicles, ELITE-rail track, Advanced track, accessories)
- H0m/H0e assortment (vehicles, three-rail track, bedding track)
- Gallery Models
- Remaining stock of for example Unique editions, trade fair models
- printed matter
- and much more
Your team from TILLIG Modellbahnen wishes you a lot of fun.
“A Look Behind the Scenes – Factory Tour at TILLIG Modellbahnen”
How Is a Model Made?
During a guided tour of the TILLIG Modellbahnen factory, you will gain exciting insights into the production of model railways. Among other things, the departments of toolmaking, plastic injection moulding, painting and printing will be presented.
You will learn interesting facts about the individual production processes, the special features of model railway production and our company itself. The tours take place in small groups and in a personal atmosphere.
Following our tour, our model railway factory museum is available for your individual visit, as is the shop of our model railway gallery, where you can fulfil your very own model railway wishes.
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The history of TILLIG Modellbahnen GmbH
Since 1994, the well-known model railroads in nominal size TT have been developed and produced in Sebnitz, among other places. At the beginning of the 1990s, the merger of several companies (Berliner TT Bahnen, etc.) resulted in the company TILLIG Modellbahnen GmbH & Co. KG. At the beginning of 2012, the company was renamed TLLIG Modellbahnen GmbH.
As the market leader in the nominal size TT, we offer the most extensive range of vehicles (Germany and Europe), different track systems (model and ballast track) and accessories, which is expanded annually with new developments. The range of rolling stock covers epochs I to VI.
Since 2001, TILLIG Modellbahnen also offers model railroads in the nominal size H0. These originate from the takeover of Sachsenmodelle from Zittau. The nominal size H0 includes an attractive range of vehicles, in which more and more new developments find their place. The H0 ELITE track system, which is considered one of the best and most prototypical track systems ("closest to the original"), is also known worldwide.
In the meantime, we can also offer a large number of DR and HSB models in the narrow gauge nominal sizes H0m and H0e. With the reintegration of the narrow gauge range from 2012, the range of narrow gauge models was significantly expanded, in particular through complete new developments.
In addition, we also provide our customers with the only mass-produced streetcar track system that can be used to further enhance model railroad layouts. This track system has been completely revised in terms of printing (cobblestone or asphalt look) and thus offers another highlight on every model railroad layout.
Headline
Precision, attention to detail and reliability. These are the outstanding features of our products. We do of course subject our work to the highest demands in all our manufacturing steps to achieve this goal.
Design:
Many years of experience of our designers, modern CAD systems and a constant search for innovations: The „foundation stone” for a successful TILLIG model is laid here. All TILLIG models emerge in the construction.
Tool construction:
High attention to detail, the finest engravings on the models, tolerances down to a hundredth of millimeter. State of the art technology is available to our specialists in the tool construction sector to this end.
Plastic injection moulding plant:
Automated injection moulding machines guarantee a highly productive output of injection moulded parts. The ideal settings and constant monitoring of the injection moulding parameters (temperature, pressure, the cooling period etc) is imperative to ensure the quality of the plastic parts.
Pre-press:
The templates for the lacquering and printing on the PC are produced following the most precise research of the decoration of the original.
UV-printer:
Printing with a UV printer delivers brilliant results with the highest
resolution and color depth.
Paintshop and printing shop:
The models are painted with a hand spray gun. Great experience is essential here to ensure the paint is applied evenly. High definition printing of our models is made possible by pad printing, often smallest inscriptions can only be read under a loupe.
Track construction:
Track construction requires a great deal of precision and care. Track profiles are cut to size, and bending machines are used to bend or mill them to specified radii. Rail fasteners are fitted and spot-welded to the track profile. Additionally, adjustment sleepers and wheel guides must be installed. To ensure electrical contact, current bridges are inserted and welded in place. The ‘blanking’ process – the grinding of the top of the rails – is also carried out here.
Final assembly:
Both the construction of the structure and the assembly of the models is performed almost exclusively by hand. Patience and dexterity are called for here. Our assembly employees always master this with a great deal of painstaking attention to detail.
Packaging:
In the set-packing department, items consisting of several individual models and components, such as tracks, are packaged into complete sets. A starter set includes not only models such as locomotives and individual carriages, but also additional accessories such as speed controllers, tracks, etc. Information leaflets and instruction manuals are also included.
Shop / Galerie:
We showcase all available TILLIG products for model railway enthusiasts in our model railway gallery. Here, you can take your time to view the models, test them out and seek advice. We also stock accessories from other manufacturers. You can find further information here: TILLIG Modellbahnen | Museum and Gallery
