Molded articles

A moulding composition comprising (a) a non-modified, unetherified melamine-formaldehyde resin having a molar ratio of melamine to formaldehyde in the range 1:1.5 to 1:2.5 which upon hardening is capable of withstanding heating at 200.degree. C for 2 hours in air without causing significant structural damage or color change to moulded articles made from moulding compositions in which it has been incorporated, (b) a latent accelerator being a reaction product of melamine with at least one component selected from the group consisting of (1) an at most olefinically unsaturated at most dibasic carboxylic acid and (2) an organic sulfonic acid, (c) an inorganic filler having low adsorption characteristics and an oil adsorption value of 10 to 40, (d) a further inorganic filler and (e) an external lubricant comprising at least one carboxyorganosiloxane esterified with an alcohol containing up to 4 carbon atoms, the melamine-formaldehyde resin (a) being present in an amount of from 25 to 60% by weight, the accelerator (b) being present in an amount of from 0.01 to 2% by weight, the total amount of inorganic fillers (c) and (d) being at most 65% by weight, the weight ratio of filler (c) to filler (d) being from 1:1 to 1:10, and the total external lubricant (e) being present in the amount of from 0.1 to 1.5% by weight, all proportions being refered to the total composition.