I’m not quite sure that it is waterproof;-) but it certainly looks good: http://www.kartonbau.de/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=13539&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=3 Best wishes from Tokyo, Zubi
Holy moly, that’s a great model The backhead detail is incredible. I wish I could read the captions. Anyone know what scale this model is?
Ray, it is 1:25, standard gauge prototype so it must be quite substantial. Best, Zubi
PS I can read the captions;-) The model is built from a ‘kit-brochure’ by Angraf, actually making paper models is/used to be quite popular in Poland, so there are quite a few of highly detailed kits available.
PPS if you google for Angraf Ty-2 you will find a lot of places to buy the book. I just found some description on an ebay auction, the model is apparently almost 3ft long (910mm) contains about 4000 elements and weighs some 600g of paper;-) http://cgi.ebay.pl/GIGANTISCHE-PKP-DAMPFLOK-Ty-2-1-25-L-91cm-uebersetzt_W0QQitemZ350021313626QQihZ022QQcategoryZ81153QQcmdZViewItem
I found another discussion of this loco with good illustrations of the building process http://ds5.agh.edu.pl/~qziou/viewtopic.php?t=641 (do not forget to check all the pages of the thread - currently there are three). A selection of Angraf ‘kits’ is shown here http://www.kartonmodellbau.net/pics/index/answer/angraf/indexangraf.htm as you can see in the Ty-2 gallery there, the skills of the builder grossly determine the quality/realism of the actual model - although this can be said of any kit built model, I guess paper models are particularly demanding. Enjoy! Zubi
I am particularly fond of the two transverse-mounted torpedo tubes above the drivers.
Curmudgeon said:Dave, I'm surprised at you. Your encyclopaedic knowledge of railroad-associated ephemera and trivia has finally shown a crack.
I am particularly fond of the two transverse-mounted torpedo tubes above the drivers.
They are NOT torpedo tubes, but Polish sausage storage compartments for the crew.
C’mon, get it right! 
Graders
tac
That’s right - kielbasa compartments. Appropriate size and location to keep your kielbasa warm under the boiler!! Zubi
Them’s some big damn sausages!
I just checked out the build page, really amazing. The detail is incredible. Is it all paper-based? Looks like some parts may be styrene but hard to tell just from the photos.
Ray, it is all paper with some wire here and there plus wood on the ceiling of the cab (where it is on the prototype) Even the sausage (kielbasa) compartments;-) are paper - the sides are made from 3 layers of 1mm cardboard. In some cases, the modeller whose nickname is Precyzyjny, redesigned the original ‘kit’ where he felt that it is not correct or not detailed enough, but he still used paper for these parts. He laser cuts all pieces and uses various techniques to achieve the final effect - quite stunning in my opinion. Best wishes, Zubi
Steve Featherkile said:Here in Yoorup we understand big sossijes and big trains. Often together when possible.
Them's some big damn sausages!
Trust me, I know these things.
tac
‘Visit beautiful Wolzcyn, national home of Polish trains and kielbasa centre of the Universe!’
What detail!
To quote one of the posters, “… das ist so unglaublich gut …” (that is so unbelievably good)
Check this line in the middle of the smokebox - this is a simulated welding line!
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6914/img4860pq6.jpg)
What I am particularly impressed with, is that the modeller not only uses correct nomenclature for each component, but he is also building with full understanding of their function. For example he is asking what this small pipe to the sausage compartment is for
(http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6639/img3971hw2.jpg)
Terry, will you help please? My guess is that this is for a temperature or pressure sensor to keep an eye on the sausage! One thing I find funny is that in some cases he chooses NOT to reproduce the reality, as with this crumpled sheet of metal cover for the cylinders:
(http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5784/img1802pm7.jpg)
His (anti)motivation is that the less informed might think that his modelling technique went wrong in that place… On the other hand, some things he’s got obviously wrong -
(http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd239/Precyzyjny/ty2/IMG_0605.jpg)
- someone criticised the water or tea can pointing out that it should have white enamel inside with tea stains;-))) Best, Zubi
Zbigniew Struzik said:Looks like that page has been hacked -- the image doesn't load, and I get a stupid banner claiming I'm the "lucky 10,000th visitor" and extolling me to "click here to claim your prize".
Check this line in the middle of the smokebox - this is a simulated welding line! http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?
Ray, it should look better now, Zubi
Zubi - sorry about the ignorance on the little line - could be a pressure gauge connection except it goes between both of the kielbasa storage and temperature maintenance units [actually air receivers].
As for the tea can, it should not only be blue-white, but chipped around the edges to show the black under-coat to the enamel.
…and those piccies look just like Wolsztyn!
Graders
tac
Terry, that is a mysterious line then. Thanks anyway. But the tea can should be red, although you are right about the chipped enamel, shame!!
(http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd239/Precyzyjny/ty2/IMG_5180-1.jpg)
I do not think that the photos (2000 of them!! ) were taken by Precyzyjny in Wolsztyn (near Poznan in west Poland) because the locomotive Ty2-911 seems to operate mainly in the south of Poland http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Cym75VzUNcU&NR=1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz6K2CxGalA&feature=related The second video seems to illustrate a failed attempt to catch the train;-)) Best, Zubi
Ah, zadowolony pamiêci!
tac
It means ‘happy memories’.
Zubi is Polish.
Wolsztyn is a place dear to the heart of many train-lovers.
tac