German Panzerlok BR57

Plastic kit for building a German Panzerlok BR57

• 1:35 scale
• Dimensions LxW (built) 543.1 x 87 x 104.08 mm
• 602 parts
• Rails, sleepers and sleeper bed included
• not built/not painted
• Paint and glue not included

Trumpeter has the following items in its portfolio for building an armored train, which you can purchase here (if available): TRU00219 German Panzerlok BR57 TRU00368 Panzerjägerwagen (Panzer IV) TRU00369 Panzerjägerwagen (Panzer IV) Vol.2 TRU01508 Panzerträgerwagen BP42 TRU01509 Geschützwagen/Haubitzenwagen Armored Train TRU01510 Kommandowagen Armored Train TRU01511 Geschütz-/ Flakwagen Panzerzug BP42 Two gun cars (No. TRU01509), two command cars (No. TRU01510), two armored carrier cars (No. TRU01508), the armored locomotive (No. TRU00219 - plus 2nd tender) and two repulsion or tank destroyer cars (No. TRU00368/TRU00369). build yourself a complete (and 4.5 m long) armored train.

Germany had used armored trains in WWI, but prior to the start of WWII the armored train was seen as something of a relic by the German defense force, the Reichswehr, and its government renamed successor in 1935, the Wehrmacht. The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), or German National Railway between 1920 and 1945, saw armored trains as a way to preserve and advance a military presence. By keeping a strong military face on this state owned railroad. The BR57 armored trains locomotive was actually based on the Prussian series G10 locomotive first built in 1910 and featuring an 0-10-0 wheel arrangement.