Have to say MTH did a terrific job on these...
The original, back home in Fribourg, in front of the brewery (pic taken in early 2011)
The model...
The Beauregard Beer version, another Fribourg beer, until purchased and discontinued by Cardinal in the 70's
Swiss Federal Railways Boxcar...
Superb underbody detailing...here the reefer, the boxcar is slightly different since he is about 1' longer (funny the ad-on parts described in the manual were already installed)
Brakeman side difference
The largest flaw, the gap (almost 3/4 of an inch) between the bumper with the knuckle coupler (yup it's bad, and as with the Eanos gondola, they are dummy plastic one!!!)..well that will change very fast with the included scale coupler.
Opps..this one did leave Switzerland..metal door latch and grab iron.
Same on the reefer 2 tiny metal door latches
Top view...for size difference.
MTH did a very good rendering, car is solidly built and assembled to perfection..some details are a bit delicate.
1 note is that the reefers do run perfectly on fastrack 036, the boxcar being longer offer some resistance, but no issue on either 048 or 072.
Now waiting for the Crocodile to pull these cars
