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Assortment extensions In 2023 we will continue to develop new products that further enrich our range. Sometimes it is about details, such as (street) furniture. Sometimes it concerns complete buildings. Coincidentally, for the first 3 mont…

Grotestraat 1 In 1899, the design and construction of a stately mansion on Stationsstraat in Valkenswaard,(The Netherlands) with house number 1, started. At Markenburg we have chosen to take that situation as the starting point for what will be kn…

Introduction theme Adamshoflaan. The Markenburg themes all have their own background. It also follows from this background what does or does not fit in such a theme. In addition, the themes serve to ensure that the more than 500 Markenburg product…

Lots of news. In April we introduced a new type of platform elements. Until recently, these were always variations in appearance on the contemporary Dutch example, say from the late 1980s to the present. For example with guiding tiles and concrete…

Search often and sometimes find. At Markenburg we spend quite a lot of time actively looking for gems that we can "scale" for in our range. But sometimes it's just a bit of luck, such as with the buildings of Bokvelden theme. Due to a diversion w…

New member This month we can introduce you as a new member of our range Venneweg 50-51-52. Designed and built in the second half of the 1920s, the real life example of this row of 3 houses is still standing proudly. We share a lot about the archi…

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Platform canopies. It's all about the experience and comfort. Even if we have to wait for the train. This was already understood around 1850, when the first platform roofs were built. Since that time, an endless number of different models and vari…

The month of buildings. In the first month of this new year we were able to introduced Steenweg 115 to you. To whom that has passed in a nutshell the following: Steenweg 115 is a beautiful building built in 1910. It housed a prominent…

More interiors. In addition to the bedroom interiors, we now also have interiors for living rooms, dining rooms and study / work rooms. With these 5 new sets in total, the diversity in the range has increased considerably! And of course there are …

Funny little buildings. The chip shop, chip shop or sometimes also called the chip shop. We know many thousands of copies in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Anyone who thought this is a typical 1960s invention is mistaken. Certainly among t…

A time when steam powered machines did a lot of work. By 1900 the steam drive had found its way in almost all possible powertrains and therefore also in a dairy factory in the Dutch town of Erp. Those who want to imagine a sketch of the era think …

New this month are the first modular parts of our new theme “passerelle”, which can be found in the infrastructure category. That indeed means that there are even more modular elements for the passerelle on their way. These will enrich this theme in the coming mont…

Markenburg Summer promo 2020! Every year is different, but the summer of 2020 will probably be slightly different for most of us than previously thought. Yet there is also a lot that is possible. Stretching your legs or exploring the country with g…

Seven new products this month in scales 1:160 and 1:87! But first: We are going to organize another Markenburg summer promotion this year! Here, in the news articles, we will make a separate message that fully deals with this summer promotion. So if …

Various news in various scales! But first: In April 2020 we cannot ignore that we live special times. The Corona virus is spreading across the world and that brings a new reality for many people. On the frontpage of our website we have placed a special…

Furniture or home furnishings will enrich our product range from this year. We start with the furnishing of bedrooms, but after a while much more will be added. What we will do differently than normal, is the contents of a set. We usually deliver one p…

We welcome Steenweg 42A and various products for interior decoration in scales 1:160 and 1:87. In the 1:220 scale, the Wolfshoek farm is new. Links to the new products are shown at the bottom of this page. Steenweg 42A is a Markenburg half-reli…

New: Roelofarendsveen train station Where the Markenburg product range is growing time after time again, the number of available station buildings is also growing. As the tenth station building we can include the Roelofarendsveen train station in our p…

New: Venneweg 28-30 From September 2019, the semi-detached house, Venneweg 28-30, is a new addition to the Markenburg productrange. In reality it can be found in Waalwijk. (The Netherlands) Yet similar buildings can be found throughout …

Nieuw: the town hall The town hall is a new addition to the Markenburg product range, from August 2019. Found in reality in the town of Beek en Donk and known there as the "old town hall", the building is a nice addition to the Markenburg…

The new Markenburg theme: Venneweg, is basically built with the Gilze Rijen trainstation environment. These consist out of the station building, the side building and the freight warehouse. Markenburg has had the station building in its product range s…

Now that Markenburg has more than 300 different products in its product range for some time, we may not just assume that everyone can find their way in the webshop. Fortunately, with the basis that the new website offers, we can do something that we c…

New: Zaankade 24 From June 2019, Zaankade 24 is a new addition to the Markenburg product range. This store with home, which is actually in Edam, is a welcome addition to the Markenburg theme Zaankkade. The building has blind side walls be…

With the cokes room now in the Markenburg product range, building cluster 5 of the Eindhoven gas factory is almost complete. The cokes room was an important building in the extraction of city gas. After the coal had been stored on th…

Welcome to the new Markenburg website. After 7 years of grateful use of the website that everyone now knew, it is time for a new Markenburg website. Switching to the new site offers us the opportunity to, for example, improve the user-frie…

Hooray, the signal box is back! Our signal box is back. At Markenburg, we set high standards for the quality of our products, making it difficult for another company to make 3D printed staircases and chimneys when our 3D printer went out o…

In addition to the 1: 160 (N) and 1:87 (H0) scales, Markenburg also has 1: 220 (Z) in the product range. On our "old" website you found the 1: 220 (Z) scale products with links on the frontpage of the site. But we have done that better with this ne…