Description
Prototype: Six different tank car with two wheelsets per car and a riveted tank with a capacity of 19.2 cubic meters / 5,072 gallons. Four tank cars without a brakeman's cab and two with a brakeman's cab. One BP tank car, one DEA tank car, one HOBUM tank car, one EVA tank car, one BOLTE tank car, 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).
- Six different car numbers.
- Different locations and owners.
- Separately applied brake rigging modeled in detail.
Model: The tank cars have two wheelsets in detailed construction with different car numbers, locations, and owners. Four cars have handbrakes and brakeman's platforms without a brakeman's cab, and two 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 E700150.
