Original page created on 25/06/2011; updated on 13/02/2023.
Mistral 21-01-G006
XBD 4005 unified 300 ch railcar known as “Picasso”
285 g / ? A
Exterior aspect and respect of the scale very satisfactory. Metal chassis (zamak).
The sound is lacking in bass, and there is a big background noise, a kind of water falling from blocked flushing mechanism… The light passes under the cab, and through the walls and buffers.
It is very unfortunate that the “proprietary” electronic card does not allow some DCC conventional functions, for example the function mapping or the multiunit address declaration. Even the possibility of switching off the lights on the trailer side does not exist at the front!
See the Loco-Revue Forum.
These 300 hp unified railcars were built in 251 units from 1951 to 1961 by Renault, De Dietrich and ANF. Power 235 to 250 kW depending on engine. Maximum speed: 120 km per hour. Weight 39 t.
The X 4005 is delivered in July 1959 in Vaise. Successive depots: Clermont (1-61); Vaise (10-70). It was withdrawn in December 1981.
The following railcars arrived at Longueau in 1970, to leave or to be withdrawn between 1975 and 1976: 3810, 29, 32, 35, 67, 88, 3917, 20, 41, 53, 55, 56, 63, 66, 67.
The following railcars arrived in La Plaine in 1974 and were mostly withdrawn between 1979 and 1982: 3842, 92, 93, 96 (1972 to 1984), 97, 3900, 01 to 03, 06, 08 to 11, 86, 90, 92, 97.
Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
---|---|---|---|
Overall length | 21 851 | 251.2 | 250.2 |
Chassis length | 20 521 | 235.9 | 236.5 |
Width | 2 979 | 34.2 | 34.5 |
Cab height | 3 952 | 45.4 | 46.0 |
Roof height | 3 170 | 36.4 | 36.6 |
Pivot distance | 14 201 | 163.2 | 163.0 |
Bogie wheelbase | 2 600 | 29.9 | 29.9 |
Wheel diameter | 860 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
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“Wavy” body sides due to the snap-in lugs of the roof, which can easily be removed. No front coupling provided.