“TP” Uahk tank wagon Makette

The figure 1 is missing in the number. The engraving is thickened (lamp holders), especially on one side where one of the hauling diabolos is even just absent. The dome rivets on the tank body are enormous, one wonders why, since the others are of correct size. The ladder and decking are crooked. The bogies are not much better than old Jouef: see this comparison that hurts! The wheels are spokes — whereas these wagons were, at least initially, equipped with plain wheels — and without delimitation of the rims. The buffers are glued sideways. There are two brake wheels, yes pretty, one on each side, when in reality there was only one, and only on rare wagons.

So, pretty disappointing overall: mistrust of future Makette products.

See the Loco-Revue Forum, particukarly page 30 for dismantling.

Note: the tank wagons received the series letter Z after the modification of the UIC numbering in 1980. But, previously, they entered in the “catch-all” series U. To distinguish under this letter of the very varied types (liquid or gas tanks, cereals hoppers, cement silos, etc.), a subscript letter was used, namely h for tanks, which gave Uh for a 2-axle tank and Uah for a bogie tank.