P A D
Western Thunderer
Hi, for those of you that don't know, Trumpeter are a Chinese company that manufactures plastic injection moulded model kits. Their product line consists of model ships, aircraft and military ground vehicles. In the last segment they have a number of railway vehicles associated with WW2, most notably, a rail mounted canon and armoured loco, a BR 52 Kiegslokomotive (2-10-0 war locomotive) and the subject of this thread, the BR86 2-8-2 tank loco, although strangely it is know as a tenderlokomotive in German. Although not strictly a war loco, the BR86 introduced in 1928, was adopted as a UK loco (Ubergangs-Kriegslokomotive) or universal loco in 1941 in support of the German war effort. 377 locos were introduced by the DRG between 1928 and 1939, with a further 398 built between 1941 and 1943 as UK locos.
The Trumpeter kit introduced some years ago, is generally criticised for its omissions and inaccuracies, but fortunately there are a number of aftermarket companies supplying resin cast and photo etch kits to correct and upgrade it.
Here we bave the loco kit, 3 photo etched sets from Eduard, 4 resin cast kits from LZ Models and resin cast hex bolts, resin cast rivets and brass rivets.
Here's what's in the box. Originally I was just going to build it out of the box with maybe one or two changes here and there, but having read a number of builds on various plastic model building forums, I decided to add as much detail as I could, hence the additional kits and parts. Up to date I've had a bit of a dabble with the chassis and boiler, but the D11 is taking priority.
This is the Knorr compressor which will replace the rather spindly simplified parts in the kit. Although there is a fair amount of flash, it's very thin and easy to remove after which the parts are very impressive. I'll replace the plastic piston rod with brass.
These are the backhead, dynamo and light fittings.
Fittings for the boiler. When I get to the build I'll show comparisons of the kit and after market parts.
This is the feed water pump and Tolkien compressor which I don't need as I'll use the larger Knorr one, but these come as a set. They also do a set of replacement wheels and clasp brakes to replace those in the kit. However, in my opinion, the wheels in the kit are fine and only about 40 locos had clasp brakes.
Here is a link to the LZ website.
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Cheers,
Peter
The Trumpeter kit introduced some years ago, is generally criticised for its omissions and inaccuracies, but fortunately there are a number of aftermarket companies supplying resin cast and photo etch kits to correct and upgrade it.
Here we bave the loco kit, 3 photo etched sets from Eduard, 4 resin cast kits from LZ Models and resin cast hex bolts, resin cast rivets and brass rivets.
Here's what's in the box. Originally I was just going to build it out of the box with maybe one or two changes here and there, but having read a number of builds on various plastic model building forums, I decided to add as much detail as I could, hence the additional kits and parts. Up to date I've had a bit of a dabble with the chassis and boiler, but the D11 is taking priority.
This is the Knorr compressor which will replace the rather spindly simplified parts in the kit. Although there is a fair amount of flash, it's very thin and easy to remove after which the parts are very impressive. I'll replace the plastic piston rod with brass.
These are the backhead, dynamo and light fittings.
Fittings for the boiler. When I get to the build I'll show comparisons of the kit and after market parts.
This is the feed water pump and Tolkien compressor which I don't need as I'll use the larger Knorr one, but these come as a set. They also do a set of replacement wheels and clasp brakes to replace those in the kit. However, in my opinion, the wheels in the kit are fine and only about 40 locos had clasp brakes.
Here is a link to the LZ website.
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Cheers,
Peter
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