USA 1944 Transportation Corps tank wagon Roco

Original page created on 22/11/2017; updated on 02/06/2019.

Brand - Reference

Roco 76775

Type

36 m3 1944 USA Transportation Corps type tank wagon

Registration Revision date
DB München 3636 13.2.67

Weight

40 g (NEM: 57 to 74 g). 54 g after ballasting.

Comments

Former Klein Modellbahn production. The main dimensions (the ones I know anyway) are correct, except the wheels a little too big. Original Bettendorf bogies respected.

I intend transforming this wagon into French version.

This wagon is easily dismantled: nothing is glued. The tank ends are simply fitted into the body, which will facilitate installing a ballast and transforming. The drawbars, whose body is too thin and which are not held, bend when attempting to couple (with Profi Fleischmann coupling heads).

See the Loco-Revue Forum:

Modifications

  • Bachmann wheels on original axles.
  • Tank straps replaced with EZ-Line thread.
  • Ballasting of 14 g with ⌀ 9 steel bar.
  • Painting chassis, bogies, and wheels with a mixture of Humbrol Enamel, 4 parts of grey No. 224 and 1 part of rust No. 113.

History

Brought to France by the US Army in 1944, these wagons were acquired by various European administrations at the end of the war.

Documents

  • Photos from the SIMOTRA (VTG) website closed from now on. The wagon is in the SNCF registration of the 1950s, and is equipped with a steam heater (photo opposite).
  • Loco-Revue forum.
  • Photos of Marcus59 on 3rails.fr.

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USA TC tank wagon Simotra

Photo Simotra.

Dimension Actual 1:87 Model
Overall length 12 400 1 142.5 142.6
Chassis length 11 340 130.3 130.2
Tank length 11 300 129.9 130.1
Chassis width   27.8
Dome height   45.2 2
Tank height   39.6 2
Tank diameter 2 080 23.9 24.1
Pivot distance 8 330 95.7 95.2
Bogie wheelbase 1 675 19.3 19.2
Wheel diameter 838 9.6 10.0 3
  1. With 530 mm long buffers.
  2. With Bachmann wheels; at the origin: + 0.2.
  3. Original wheels replaced with Bachmann ⌀ 9.6.