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Russian Zis-5 rail car

Started by chester, January 21, 2011, 06:49:48 PM

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chester

January 21, 2011, 06:49:48 PM
Again I venture into unknown territory for me since I have little knowledge of rail related equipment. But I had a very nice modeler from Spain send me some prototype photos of the Zis-5 pressed into rail service. I took a huge amount of liberty here and came up with this 1/87 scale model of the Roco injected molded plastic piece.

Ray Dunakin

#1
January 21, 2011, 10:33:05 PM
Very nice!

marc_reusser

#2
January 22, 2011, 02:59:43 AM
I thought on a "railcar" the rails were supposed to be under the truck? ;)

A cool little build.


Marc

Malachi Constant

#3
January 22, 2011, 01:10:46 PM
Real neat little conversion!  Lots of nice details.

Cheers,
Dallas

NORCALLOGGER

#4
January 22, 2011, 08:25:05 PM
Nice build. 
Very realistic.
Uncle Russ may not approve of the chain, that's just a rumor I heard.
Rick

LLIAXTEP

#5
January 23, 2011, 11:39:44 AM
Very nice build Chester, as always.
Would you mind sharing one of the prototype photos of the beast. I am Russian and am very interested in all rail related things from back there, but thi info is hard to come by. I doesn't seem to be very well documented, or at least accessible.

Thanks
Alex

chester

#6
January 23, 2011, 03:13:09 PM
Thanks all, this was actually a very simple build. And yes I had my trepidations over the chain for just the reasons described.
This for Marc with the rails on the right side of the truck.



Alex, here's a proto photo for you

Chuck Doan

#7
January 24, 2011, 12:50:00 PM
Nicely built, and it look plausable to me.
"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/

JohnP

#8
January 24, 2011, 05:47:47 PM
The prototype looks less believable than the model! The model looks very appropriate and normal. But I am sorry to see the white-wall wheel rims didn't make it on the model; that would have classed it up even more.

Very nice build Chester.

John

Ken Hamilton

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February 18, 2011, 09:57:02 AM
I really need to start poking around on other threads.  Chester, what a neat little piece.
For not knowing much about railcars, you hit this one right on the button.
Nice job!
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