Description
Prototype: 12 different tank car with two wheelsets per car and a riveted tank with a capacity of 19.2 cubic meters / 5,072 gallons. Eight tank cars without a brakeman's cab and four with a brakeman's cab. Two BP tank cars, two DEA tank cars, one HOBUM tank car, two EVA tank cars, two THÖRL tank cars, two BOLTE tank cars, and one DB maintenance tank car. The cars look as they did from 1950 to 1959.
Highlights
- New tooling based on drawings of the German State Railroad Car Association (DWV).
- Many different car numbers, locations, and owners.
- Separately applied brake rigging modeled in detail.
- Available individually at your specialty dealer in the display.
Model: The tank cars have two wheelsets in detailed construction with different car numbers, locations, and owners. Eight cars have handbrakes and brakeman's platforms without a brakeman's cab, and four cars have handbrakes and brakeman's platforms with a brakeman's cab. The car frames are detailed and partially open. The handbrake cranks, brake rigging, and emptying pipes are modeled in detail and separately applied. The work platforms are separately applied with ladders. The brakeman's platforms are separately applied without and with separately applied brakeman's cabs. The cars have close couplers with guide mechanisms. Each car is individually packaged in marked boxes.
Length over the buffers per car approximately 10.1 cm / 3-15/16". DC wheelset E700580.
