Trumpeter New Railway Wagon

[iansadler]

Hi this is a mini review of the new trumpeter Railway wagon or High Gondola , Kit no 01517 . It has over 250 parts in a light grey plastic , some of the parts are very tiny and care will be needed removing them , There is no flash but some minor ejector marks need careful filling in . The worst parts for this are the sections of rail.
The kit is simplified in several parts esp the brakes , there are no air recievers for them .
The side doors are plain steel unlike the Dragon version .
Underframe is again simplified but since it cannot be seen you will get away with it.
Over all for the price I would have expected the figures shown on the box art to be included and at least 4 sets of alternative decals . Cost is a wopping £30. cheers ian

[iansadler]

HI I have just managed to scan the end of the box the front is far too big to fit on my scanner cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all , my first heads up on this kit , These are my findings as I have built it so far .
Page 5 , A12 and A1 build as per instructions , drill out holes on A7, A8-9 drill size 0.95mm . Ignure sections for hooks B16, 17, 18 B6 to B14 at this stage .
B23 can be fitted to the wrong side of B24 check before glueing.
A12 , A1 side frames only glue on B1 , B2 brake shoes to one side only .
Page 6 Drill out holes in A11 , 1mm dia . Buffer section only make two sets of A6 ,C6 leave all other parts off at this time. Ignore Side rails C15 and B13 at this time .
Glue one side frame with the brake shoes on to A11 and add C6 this will ensue it is square , then add the other A11 and last C6 . set aside for glue to dry.
Add wheels and fit and glue other side frame the one without brakes this will square up the frame and stop top plate A11 from bowing.
Lastly add the A5 and B1 ,B2 brakes this ensures the space between the flanges of the wheels and brakes are equal.
set aside to dry out. build so far cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all part two of Heads UP .
Glue on theplanked sections A10 to A11 , then you can glue on C15 and B13 twice. Leave to set and then the final part is to add the C2's as per page 7 , I found that I needed to nip off the pins on at least 4 per side.
You now have a flat bed without any external details , This allows it to be handled safely and any alterations can be made without damage to them .
Reseach the type of wagon you want to build before commiting any scratchbuilding . cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi a furtherheads up will be posted soon , but in the mean while I have three original ref photos showing the types of load that could be carried in the Gondola .
While they are not as per the kit but an other type they fall into the same weight loading.
When I have resized them I will post them up for all to see .
They are two types of Panther turrets,
A machine gun mounting.
And lastly a Machine gun mounting and home built hut .
Cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all I have now found an other three photos , so as soon as I get them in photo bucket I will start posting up cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi this is the first ref photo of two different types of Panther Turrets as a load , I know the gondola wagon is not as per the kit but it is in the same weight class . copy right unkown german soldier cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all this is the next one for ref , it has the sides raised to form a platform for the flack gun again copy right unknown german soldier cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all this is a top view of the raised flack platform , not on the same wagon as previous photo but still a gondola again copy right unknown german soldier cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all this shows the alternative types of shelters that could be built onto gondola wagons converted to flack wagons cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi this is an alternative shelter built on the gondola wagons , the sides are cut down to two planks high , a second alternative is to add a second layer of planks with a space and fill it is with cement cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi this is the last one for now , it is a different type of gonola wagon but is in the same weight class , note the macine gun and gunner are on an inner platform and the extra hand rails cheers ian

[iansadler]

Hi all i found this one on an other disc , this is true Flack Gondola , again copyright unknown germam soldier cheers ian