QUOTE (Martin71 @ 16 Mar 2009, 22:14)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi
Great review Neil, always well layed out and full of what we want to know. Very good history lesson and this loco will be part of my 2yr armored project. Were you happy with its traction.... pulling power? I take it you cant see the speaker in the cab, I couldn't find it in your pictures. You have the liliput version as well how does it compare to that?
I like the buy it now feature at the very end, I think that is a great idea, but no links yet.
All in all a great review thanks now I got to get up and do a loco at some stage.
Cheers
Martin
Hi Martin, thanks for that. I'd be very interested to hear about your armour project. That's why I bought this one, to ship Tiger tanks to the Russian front. I'm still trying out different tanks and wagons to get the mix I want.
I have been toying with the idea of getting a cheaper version and covering it with armour plating to recreate the armoured train that Mikro metakit did. I don't have the time to complete the project at the moment but am collecting information to enable me to do that at a later point (when the kids aren't as much work).
I don't have the Liliput but the concensus is that this is arguably the best BR52, some prefer the Gutzold which has a more accurate rendering of some parts however the Liliput and Maerklin versions are not regarded as well.
Traction is good, the metal tub tender body helps as does the traction tyres. Quite a good motor too.
Cheers
Neil