1/148 German train-ferry wagon, 40t-glw low

Train-ferry wagon
40-tonne-glw low, owned by German Federal Railway (diagramm E.259), built 1955 and 1962-1965 for service between the Continent and Great Britain


Version with stanchions mounted
N scale 1/148


Additional parts needed

• 2 pcs weelset Graham Farish #379-412
• 2 pcs close coupler motion link www.peho-kkk.de #005, combine with couplers by Dapol, Fleischmann or Minitrix, while GraFar couplers don't fit
• 4 pcs becket www.kuswa.de #nf207
• 2 pcs shunter footstep www.kuswa.de #nf205
• Spring steel wire 0.15mm
• Sheet metal 1.5mm
• Decals http://www.modellbahndecals.de #6574 (Years 1955-1968) or
• Decals http://www.modellbahndecals.de #6573 (Years 1964-1980)

(order decals 1/160 with comment "1/148")


Construction Manual

• Clean the model carefuly, get best results by using an ultrasonic cleaning system
• The car is delivered in a cage which protects the sensitive parts. Sprued to it you find two brake cylinders, two air receivers and the brake valve. Remove the outer cage first and leave the inner cage in place, which holds the stanchions.
• Mount weelsets, to prevent damages to axle guide stays and brake shoes.
• Mount additional parts:
• Glue a fitted metal sheet in the cut out under the car floor.
• Glue brake cylinder, brake valve and air receivers on the metal sheet
• The close coupler motion link has a spacer, which should be removed for standart buffer distance. The short coupler can be assembled in different positions to get a closer buffer distance.
• The beckets have to be assembled to drillholes under the corners of the car
• The shunter footsteps have to be glued to the left of each headstock
• Four handles have to be bend and assembled to drillholes at the corners of the car
• Four handles have to be bend and assembled to drillholes under the buffers
• Remove inner cage before painting
• The car has to be colourd in brown, RAL8012 "rotbraun"