B⁵Dd² UIC coach in C160 livery REE

Manufacturing defects, new or already noted, are added on one or other of the models in my possession:

• unglued bogie damper;
• a deformed bogie beam;
• stains (glue?) between glazing and luggage grille;
• dust on the window panes (inside);
• two handles next to the doors missing;
• two buffers crooked (not to mention the plates!)

The metallic grey colour is incompatible with that of the LS Models USI coaches (darker, less glossy). But I don’t know who is right.

The seats are beige, while they are bluish grey on the B¹⁰. But it may be consistent, since the UIC B⁵D are more recently built.

There are on one side of the chassis two bosses meant to ensure a 2-point suspension (the third point being the ball of the opposite side bogie), but these bosses don’t lean on the bogie! They should be thicker by an average of 0.15 mm. And, on the other hand, there is very little clearance in rolling to the ball side: the secondary suspension spring heads quickly come into stop on the chassis beams.

The gangways, very thin and in metal, don’t stand vertical. Must be glued if you don’t want to lose one!

Tail lamps are incorporated.

See:

• Loco-Revue Forum.
• gamos81.altervista.orgfor the reference list of issued UIC coach models.