"Test run of my 1/25 scale Polish armoured engine" Topic
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 Gungnir  | 18 Aug 2009 5:48 a.m. PST |
Last night, I finished the tender of the Polish armoured train I'm building, and since this morning the weather was fine I put out a test track and ran the engine/tender commbination.
I'm happy to say that it ran fine, after one minor adjustment, and really looked the part.
During the building I had been worried about the looks in bends, but now I feel that the extra armour I put in between cab and tender looks good. In particular the tender roof extending over the cab roof for extra protection of the crew, prototypical but out of necesssity a bit overdone, ties it together pretty good.
The story of nearly 6 weeks of building can be found here:
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Pics and some lousy vids made with my photo camera can be found at the (current) end of that thread.
Your comments, tips, etc. will be more than welcome! |
| 14th Brooklyn | 18 Aug 2009 6:27 a.m. PST |
Marvlous Gerrit!!! Just yesterday i had been wondering how your project had fared so far! I think one day I should really try to do the same thing with a German armoured train. Hope someone takes LGB over after their brancrpcy so I can still get an engine and whels for ti… but if push comes to shove I could still canabalise some of the Playmobil stuff I have lying around! Very cool!!! Burkhard |
| Gungnir | 18 Aug 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
New LGB stock is arriving in the shops now Märklin took over. No idea if spare parts are all in stock again. This engine block I found years ago brand new at a fleamarket, for only €35.00 EUR or so. |
| 14th Brooklyn | 18 Aug 2009 6:53 a.m. PST |
You now that Märklin is under bancrupcy protection right now? I will keep my fingers crossed there will be new LGB stuff in the future… my I really need to put my trains out again…it must have been mothballed for 8 or 9 years now! But hey… this weekend is supposed to bring fine weather, is it not!  Cheers, Burkhard |
| Gungnir | 18 Aug 2009 7:08 a.m. PST |
Yes, I know, but they are producing even new models/versions, so there is hope. For axles and wheels you are much better off with Playmobil, if you don't mind plastic, and Hartland does a few interesting engine blocks. |
| Frederick | 18 Aug 2009 8:12 a.m. PST |
Wow – now, that is an impressive project – I would probably have given up at the blueprints stage Thanks for sharing |
| aercdr | 18 Aug 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
A work of art and a labor of love! |
| 79thPA | 19 Aug 2009 7:09 a.m. PST |
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| Gungnir | 19 Aug 2009 1:12 p.m. PST |
Thanks, people. I've started work on the first artillery car now. |
| Vosper | 19 Aug 2009 8:28 p.m. PST |
Excellent, excellent work – looking forward to more updates. |
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