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Building a Bavarian Pwg
In 1908 the KBayStsB ordered the first 85 examples of a new goods brake van, a further 20 followed in 1913, the DRG later rebuilt the vehicles and designated them as Pwg Bay21. The principal changes were the shortening of the wheelbase from 5m to 4,7m and the removal of the side windows from the guards cupola. The roof of the second series was further modified by rounding the earlier version is shown in Sketch A. Numerous other detail changes appeared through the years; Knorr or Westinghouse brakes, full length lower steps for use in passenger trains and exits at one or both ends.
Although not one of the more memorable vehicles, this van was an important element in the overall picture of goods wagons in Bavaria during the steam period and no manufacturer makes a suitable goods brake van although the Badenian and Prussian systems are provided from Liliput, Fleischmann and Brawa. Building a model is not too difficult although it does require some degree of skill in the fabrication of small parts. Although the following table lists the main components, many of the items are no longer available but others can be adapted or otherwise fabricated.
Brawa 2800/2 or Evergreen planked sheet
Flm 5300/1 Chassis
Reitz 1003 or Weinert 8606 Buffers
Weinert 8952 Roof vents
0,6mm brass wire
Various L&U brass sections, try K&N or John Flack. Some 0,3mm and 0,5mm plastic card
Take the Fleischmann 5300/1, unclip and remove the body to your spares bin. The chassis, ballast weight and internal fittings can be kept but replace the buffers from the chassis moulding with the Weinert or Reitz items. Now, remove the plastic steps and body supports from the chassis moulding and replace with two sets of scratchbuilt steps, one long and one short as shown in the plan.
A start can be made on the van body sides, use either the Brawa 2800/2 or Evergreen equivalent for the ends and ends. All the corner posts and vertical bracing can be made from brass L profile (1,5mm x 1,5mm) and U profile (1mm x 0,5mm). The window frames are made from 0,7mm wide 0,3mm thick strips of plastic card.
The overall appearance of the model depends on the accuracy of the windows and every effort should be made to obtain a good result. The windows of the guard's cupola can be carefully made from a sheet of suitable clear plastic card with a thin overlay to represent the framing similarly the internal window bars can be made by scribing the inside of the window plastic card. Finally, the WC window is located on the upper left hand side of the rear wall.
For the roof, try gently warming a sheet of 0,5mm plastic card around a suitable round former. Before fixing the roof to the van body, cut out a 20mm x 15mm square for the cupola to be fixed in place. The cupola is gradually built up in stages and do not forget the ventilators and handrail holes.
1913-25 use Post 1928 GWR Green, 1925-1965 use RAL8012 Bauxite, paint the underframe a grimy black and the inside, dark ochre.
Epoch I and II decals can be obtained from the Laenderbahn Forum or Gassner, respectively.
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Eisenbahn Magasin Juli 83 of a Pwg Bay 02