Page 19 - TPM Issue9

Right:
The model can be
shown in self-assembly Above:
mode, lifting the track The track frames have integrated
frames from the trailer photo-etch walkways which slide
to connect up with the as the track frames are extended.
undercarriage frame.
Above:
There is an all-round photo-etch platform which
really looks the part.

Above:
The track frames hang on the top bracket with a
pin inserted through the bottom hole to lock them
in place.

of the track frame. The instructions say
the pins need to extend on either side
by 2mm and I was expecting them to
move around, thinking I might need a
touch of glue to hold them in place, but
once again, the precision engineering
from Conrad is perfect, and if you
insert the pins in the direction shown
in the instruction sheet, the first hole
Above: allows the pin to fit easily, while when Above:
The main crane ballast consists of a base pushing the pin into the second hole, The counterweight can be assembled on the
plate and six ballast blocks, three per side. the tolerance is tighter, so the pin undercarriage ballast, a neat solution which
actually holds position once inserted, is perfectly replicated.
so no glue needed. This pin rests onto
the upper section of the extending
frame of the undercarriage with the
lower pins sliding through the holes
easily to lock the track frames into
position. A new development here is
that all the various pins are actually
metal, while in the past, Conrad would
Above:
There are two undercarriage ballast usually use plastic pins and I have to
blocks which just clip into place. say I am a big fan of the metal pins.

Above:
There are four access ladders that can either be
fitted to the ballast blocks, or to the outside of
the track frames.

Left:
There are two options
of jacking supports,
long ones or short
ones, either of which
pin into place on the
pivoting support arms.
Winter 2021 - TPMMW Magazine 19