Trumpeter 1/35 00219 Panzerlok BR57 German WW2 Armoured Train Plastic Kit
Trumpeter 00219 1/35 Scale German Panzerlok BR57 WW2 Armoured Locomotive
Dimensions - Length 543mm Width 105mm.
The kit contains over 600 parts and includes full colour assembly and finishing instructions.
Glue and paints are required
Germany had used armoured trains in WWI, but prior to the start of WWII the armoured train was seen as something of a relic by the German defense force, the Reichswehr, and its government renamed successor in 1935, the Wehrmact. The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), or German National Railway between 1920 and 1945, saw armoured trains as a way to preserve and advance a military presence. By keeping a strong military face on this state owned railroad?The BR57 armoured trains locomotive was actually based on the Prussian series G10 locomotive first built in 1910 and featuring an 0-10-0 wheel arrangement.