In around a month's time, the Dortmund exhibition halls will once again be transformed into a multifaceted miniature world. From 10 to 13 April, INTERMODELLBAU will attract model-making enthusiasts from all over Germany and beyond. Whether aeroplanes, ships, cars, trucks, railways and trains or even entire theme worlds - all areas of this extraordinary hobby are represented here. On the one hand, there are many dedicated clubs, associations and modelling enthusiasts who present themselves at the trade fair. And on the other hand, there are top exhibitors from both the manufacturer and retail sector bringing with them the latest products and innovations. Here is a brief overview.

Dortmund, 18 March 2025 – The list of exhibitors, which modellers can already find on the trade fair website, has many highlights in store. In the field of aircraft and ship modelling, for example, aero-naut Modellbau GmbH & Co. KG will be represented. In the shipbuilding sector, Klaus Krick Modelltechnik and Miniwerft will be there, as will Torro GmbH, freakware, Horizon Hobby and Setro Elektronik / TA Modellbau OHG in the aeromodelling sector. Carrera Revell Europe GmbH represents RC modelling, as do Tamiya-Carson Modellbau GmbH & Co. KG, Monster-Hopups Wecando Group GmbH and s-idee. Servonaut/tematik GmbH specialises in truck models, as does Veroma Modellbau GmbH. Companies such as brixx-fox and COBI GmbH will be bringing along bricks and thicon models is one of the exhibitors representing functional modelling. In addition to big players such as Gebr. Märklin & Cie GmbH, Gebr. Faller GmbH and Viessmann Modelltechnik GmbH, the model railway sector will be represented by companies such as WILESCO Wilhelm Schröder GmbH & Co. KG, Schneider Modellbahnzubehör, NMJ Europa and NME GmbH & Co. KG (Nürnberger ModellEisenbahnen). Accessories for modelling enthusiasts are offered, for example, by Lerrox, Modellbaukabelversand/Daim's Kabelshop and Muldental Elektronik GmbH.

Messe Dortmund can also announce exciting new additions to the halls. In the 3D printing sector, for example, the Spectrum Group and Scanningspray Vertriebs GmbH will be exhibiting for the first time, while TOM Modellbau will be joining the plastic modelling sector. Martens & Richter Miniatour will be represented in Dortmund for the first time with car and truck models. FILOU Software GmbH will be contributing CAD/CAM/CNC software. And model railway enthusiasts can look forward to the trade fair newcomers PECO, Konzept-Bahnen, Joe Schwarz Vitrinenmanufaktur and MTR-Exclusive, among others.

Further model railway layouts confirmed

Messe Dortmund has further new additions to announce when it comes to model railway layouts. Numerous dedicated associations, clubs and enthusiasts from Germany and other European countries want to present their extraordinary layouts to a broad and interested public at INTERMODELLBAU. GermaNTRAK e.V., for example, is one of them. The association is travelling to Dortmund with a display layout, parts of which are a German premiere. It is an N-gauge layout in modular design according to the American NTrak standard. The layout consists of a total of over 30 modules and is divided into two circular layouts. The main circle consists of different sections of the North American landscape. The highlights of the layout: the revised ‘BlueBridgeCrossing’ combination with two new 3‘ curves, a constant change of different train combinations, a new 8’ curve and the Cinema City, a fictitious city in which well over 80 scenes from film and television are immortalised, and the still young corner module ‘Area 51’. At least six trains are constantly on the move on the show layout.

>>> Model railway fans should also make note of an important date: Gebr. Märklin & Cie GmbH will present their spectacular new AC/DC Rock n roll Train on the first day of INTERMODELLBAU (10 April) at 15:00 hrs. At the manufacturer's stand in Hall 4, Managing Director Wolfrad Bächle will also be presenting another new product for the first time.