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.

Video Werkzeugbau und Spritzguss

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.

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.

Video Druckerei und Lackiererei

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.

Video Gleisbau

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.

Video Montage und Endkontrolle

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. 

Video Packerei und Shop

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: Link auf TILLIG Modellbahnen | Museum and Gallery