Modelik Od2 (P4.2) [FERTIG]

For my next model, I'm coming back to trains. This is my second Modelik train (after the T2-71) and, surely, much more complicated. It will surely take many months to complete.
The kit includes around 2400 parts, spread over 19 A3 pages, 2 of them in very thin paper. I decided to make nuts and bolts and that is sure to cause me some headaches in the near future...

Hi Yu,

Kits in 1/25 have, as far as I know, almost always include parts for the interior. Nothing as complicated and small as aircraft cockpits but, nevertheless, interesting. I enclose a picture of the T2-71. Modelik has a wealthy collection of train models and, as you, I like trains

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This seems adequate for my first attempt to card model locomotive...

I bet it will look great Looking forward to a construction report

Josve - thanks, but I'm afraid that the report will be somewhat repetitive, at least the first part. You know, those "#%$%$ nuts and bolts X(

Just one picture, to show how 4x4 parts becomes 4x32...

Hi Yu,
I'm not sure if you are referring to the GPM's Orenstein & Koppel nr 531.
I bought this kit some time ago but it is still waiting (among many others). It is very colourful and looks good. The interesting thing is that the number of parts is not over 2000 but something very close to 1000. Many details are 'simply' printed, instead of being 3D, and that may be the reason.
Modelik's BR-52 has around 3400 parts, the Ol-49 2700 and the Px-29 and the small train around 1700 each. Not counting nuts and bolts, of course...
I find train models, in 1/25, a little easier to build than planes because there not many curved surfaces and joints between them.

Some more of basically the same...

I've been told that these small assemblies look like LEGO pieces...

Thanks for your interest Michael. I'll try to honour it
Construction is, at last, getting a bit more 3D...

These assemblies are already the nº2 in the assembly drawings. However, as they were printed on the same page as many parts of the nº1...
Strangely enough, some of the parts (middle upper, in the picture) are provided for 4 assemblies but there are only 2 of them, left and right
The assembly drawings don't show a cut in one of the parts that link to the main structure. I had to look at those parts to decide on which side to put that cut. Fortunately, it was easy

There is an odd problem on assembly, that is visible in the second picture - the upper row of rivets on the box gets completely hidden and a bit in the way of the part in the left. You can see the position of both on the main assembly. I decided to remove the entire row of rivets to allow a proper fit of the parts.

The main structure of the locomotive is nearly finished. The rivet counter has already passed the 1000 mark ...

You're right, Airgoon I decided to give myself a break and build the tender structure. It was a relax period for the mind but not for my poor fingers. John, you surely know very well what Im talking about :D...

John, my idea to use the gussets is not really to reinforce but rather to glue! The advantage is that I can glue the parts one by one, checking the alignments during the process. For me, it makes things easier, but not necessarily faster...

Some small assemblies. I didn't yet find out, in the assembly drawings, where to put the tank. It is part number 21. It does fit well in two supports that are glued onto one of the frame diaphragms. Most probably, that's the good place.

Hello Hartmut, and thanks for the tip :). I think you're right. The tank fits well in parts 8c. The sketches look fine but, sometimes, they are less informative than they could. I'm still trying to figure out what is inside and outside on assembly drawing 3. An oddity is that the kit includes 4 parts number 4 and, apparently, only two are needed
I didn't yet find out part 9b, either...
That's why I'm moving on to the locomotive's front bogie, which has some pretty details.

Hmm, I surely made a confusion :rotwerd: No problem with parts 9b and 9c - they are there and already glued, along with some rivets. What puzzled me is that in one of the bigger parts (9 or 9a) there is a toned down square, almost in the middle. This usually means that something should be glued there but it may not be the case here.
Nice tip on parts 20b, Hartmut I was wondering if they should be glued on both sides of parts 4. In that case, all four would be needed. It is interesting to note they are slightly asymmetric!
Well, fortunately, the work on the bogie is running smoothly...

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The square is on part 9, the underside of the whole plate.
It is the place for the holder plate (part 33b) of the brake actuator (parts 33 - 33h).

Well, I'm still far from getting there! Thanks a lot for your continuing support, Hartmut, I very much appreciate it
Hopefully, the bogie will be finished this weekend. Except the wheels, of course

Some progress on the bogie. The kit needs a lot of cylinders, mostly with a diameter of 2,5mm. I make them out of thin paper, as you can see in the attached picture.

The bogie, excepting the wheels, is complete. The construction went quite smoothly

I'm glad you like it . Despite some minor problems, I think the kit is very good and having solid colours, instead of textured ones, is not a drawback for a train subject.
But, for the bogie to boogie :D, I need the wheels and, as usual, making them is a big and repetitive work. There are 4 big wheels, in the locomotive, and 12 smaller ones, 8 of them in the tender. Each of the smaller wheels has 20 parts - 10 spokes, 3 in the centre and 7 outside. At the moment, I'm cutting and cutting and c u t t i n g
Well, in the meantime, some details were added to the main structure.

A not very interesting picture, showing the many parts needed for the 12 small wheels...

Work is rolling, slowly, on the wheels...

Nice to hear from you, Dalibor
Two more construction pictures of the wheels...

The outer parts of the wheels are almost done. The 'almost' is just for the picture

The wheels, at last :yahoo:
A small jig was needed to ensure the proper alignment of the spokes.
I'll be 'off' for some time, because of a very good reason: holidays
See you latter