mickoo
Western Thunderer
MBW V200.1
Well, unsurprisingly it does what it says on the tin
Few points to consider if your sitting on the fence;
It's suitably heavy so plenty of traction.
It looks the right shape and they seem to have captured the .1 nose profile very well.
Very little mould marks or edges.
Paint job is very nice and even and lettering nice and crisp, there may be better out there, there's certainly worse.
Very smooth running right out of the box, I've got the vanilla DC version, wish I had picked up the sound version instead, but a Loksound V200 chip will be forthcoming to my stable I'm sure
At the current going rate for a new boxed one they are good value for money I think.
Only downsides I can see right now are;
Engine room details are a little 2D, they are 3D but very low relief, probably would of been better off just having smoked glass if I'm honest, I've not looked inside but suspect there's a huge lump of chassis in there or something else that precludes accurate engine views.
Roof weathering is a bit....'factory'....it's a nice touch, but a bit uniform, possibly better left off for end users to apply.
Glazing is the typical jam jar bottom Benny Hill lens effect you get from RTR.
They don't appear to do a digital number version, if they do it's a small part of the catalogue, most are V200.nnn variants, which means of you want a more modern version you need to take all the trim off as well as renumbering, it's basically a repaint top to bottom as removing the moulded trim will require a lot of work, finding replacement decals might be a problem as well.
It doesn't seem to appear in their catalogue any more, limited run perhaps? Plenty of variants out there (at least ten number and depot variants I've counted) so some of the less popular variants might still be kicking around.
Finally, they do a Gauge 1 model as well, and it doesn't cost much more if you look around, if your not hung up on scale and a V200 fan (who isn't...twin engine hydraulic sound track) then you really do have to consider the Gauge 1 model very carefully (I've already sent my request to Santa
).
You get a nice replacement full front skirt if you want to detail your engine but the supplied plastic hooks won't pull much more than a few wagons, two hooks are provided, one basic hook and one with a coupling moulded on, not a very nice moulding so cut it off and get a replacement metal one from somewhere, hoses all look ok from what I can see in the bag.
Would I get another? Well V200 hunt in pairs on heavy ore trains and they did run in pairs in Denmark during the Mz crisis (mind they were pairs of V200.0) which is how I remember them....on three and five coach trains! So yes there is a need to get another, but, and it is a big but, gauge 1 has so much more presence and a garden roundy roundy test track with a sound fitted V200.1 is a strong urge to resist.
Enjoy
Well, unsurprisingly it does what it says on the tin
Few points to consider if your sitting on the fence;
It's suitably heavy so plenty of traction.
It looks the right shape and they seem to have captured the .1 nose profile very well.
Very little mould marks or edges.
Paint job is very nice and even and lettering nice and crisp, there may be better out there, there's certainly worse.
Very smooth running right out of the box, I've got the vanilla DC version, wish I had picked up the sound version instead, but a Loksound V200 chip will be forthcoming to my stable I'm sure
At the current going rate for a new boxed one they are good value for money I think.
Only downsides I can see right now are;
Engine room details are a little 2D, they are 3D but very low relief, probably would of been better off just having smoked glass if I'm honest, I've not looked inside but suspect there's a huge lump of chassis in there or something else that precludes accurate engine views.
Roof weathering is a bit....'factory'....it's a nice touch, but a bit uniform, possibly better left off for end users to apply.
Glazing is the typical jam jar bottom Benny Hill lens effect you get from RTR.
They don't appear to do a digital number version, if they do it's a small part of the catalogue, most are V200.nnn variants, which means of you want a more modern version you need to take all the trim off as well as renumbering, it's basically a repaint top to bottom as removing the moulded trim will require a lot of work, finding replacement decals might be a problem as well.
It doesn't seem to appear in their catalogue any more, limited run perhaps? Plenty of variants out there (at least ten number and depot variants I've counted) so some of the less popular variants might still be kicking around.
Finally, they do a Gauge 1 model as well, and it doesn't cost much more if you look around, if your not hung up on scale and a V200 fan (who isn't...twin engine hydraulic sound track) then you really do have to consider the Gauge 1 model very carefully (I've already sent my request to Santa
).You get a nice replacement full front skirt if you want to detail your engine but the supplied plastic hooks won't pull much more than a few wagons, two hooks are provided, one basic hook and one with a coupling moulded on, not a very nice moulding so cut it off and get a replacement metal one from somewhere, hoses all look ok from what I can see in the bag.
Would I get another? Well V200 hunt in pairs on heavy ore trains and they did run in pairs in Denmark during the Mz crisis (mind they were pairs of V200.0) which is how I remember them....on three and five coach trains! So yes there is a need to get another, but, and it is a big but, gauge 1 has so much more presence and a garden roundy roundy test track with a sound fitted V200.1 is a strong urge to resist.
Enjoy
) as I didn't even know you could get accurate drawings like this for German stock.
, and they are such good value for money.
