Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 26.38 x 3.74 x 5.51 inches
- Item Weight: 4.4 pounds
- Country of Origin: Poland
- Item model number: COBI-6280
- Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
- Release date: May 19, 2023
- Manufacturer: COBI
- 2623 high-quality elements
- Model in 1:35 scale and includes 2 figures: a German and a Polish railway worker
- The 2-in-1 set includes separate German and Polish markings to choose from, a special display stand and 5 sections of straight track
A block model set of the German DR BR 52 Steam locomotive/Ty2 from World War
II announces a completely new "Trains" collection from COBI. The block design
faithfully reproduces the body, proportions and details of the legendary steam
locomotive, which is probably the most popular and most recognizable for all
railway vehicles in the world. The exclusive Executive Edition 2-in-1 includes
two different sets of additional bricks that allow you to build a model of the
German DR BR 52 locomotive with German markings from World War II or a
locomotive with Polish markings of the Polish State Railways from the post-war
period of the People's Republic of Poland. In addition to various bricks with
different symbols, numbering and markings, the set also includes larger front
and rear lamps for the Polish construction, selected bricks in different
colors, as well as two different figures: a German train driver from the
Second World War and a Polish train driver in the post-war PKP uniform with a
characteristic state emblem (the Polish eagle with the royal crown removed by
the communists). The locomotive model was designed in 1:35 scale and features
numerous details like symbols, numbering, markings and numerous prints inside
the engine room of the locomotive. Thanks to the easily removable roof of the
engine room, you can look inside to see the faithfully reproduced details of
the devices and instruments used to drive the vehicle. You can even see
burning coal in the fire box! As with a real steam locomotive, the entire
engine and tender is coupled together in such a way that it moves
simultaneously. Inside the model there are gears forming a complex mechanism
ensuring realistic movement of the wheels and the entire drive. Just gently
push the model to move the whole locomotive. Five different designs of wheels
in the locomotive make the model sit perfectly on block tracks, and are also
able to negotiate turns. It is worth noting that the model is also fully
compatible with the block tracks of other brands of blocks. The tender also
faithfully reflects its historical inspiration. Inside there are many rich
details that make the set even more photo realistic. It also has torsion wheel
carriages and a special hitch to which other cars can be attached to form a
whole train. The Executive edition includes a special, sturdy block display
stand recreating a railway embankment and two interchangeable plates with the
name of the locomotive to choose from: German BR 52 and Polish Ty2. The COBI
company has also produced its own shape of a block recreating a section of the
track. The set includes five such sections with a total length of about 65 cm.
The track is made with the modern technology of two-color injection, which
means that each single section is made of two different colors of plastic that
are connected to each other. The rails in the color of gray steel clearly
stand out from the very realistic brown railway ties. There are no visible
tenons (studs) on each tie, which improves their realism, and each of them is
covered with a board texture, an imitation of wood grain. Tracks can be
attached to block plates and have a physical hole, thanks to which you can
permanently attach the track to any display you create. This set is the
perfect gift for any history and railway enthusiast. Build history, piece by
piece, with COBI! The BR 52 or Ty2 or Ty42 was a German-built freight steam
locomotive, produced in many European factories from 1942 to 1945. It was a
very cheap, simple, yet a very reliable steam locomotive. In Poland after
World War II, more than 1,200 of these vehicles were used by the Polish State
Railways. The locomotive was able to pull freight trains with a total weight
of up to 620 tons at a speed of 80 km/h or 1,700 tons at a speed of 50 km/h.
The locomotive was also used many times to haul passenger trains.