Soviet Draisine - Krasnaja Zvezda - 1:72 HobbyBoss

  I believe it (C9) is located on the left side as the box art and painting/marking guide illustrates.

    This would make it compatible (bumperwise) with the locomotives and other switching vehicles I've seen   

Thank you, good info. A few others got back to me with concurring detailed information. 

Now I can move forward with confidence 

Should be a fun project SprueOne, looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Thanks for looking in, Bill. I think your FT-17 French Light Tank has way more rivets than mine though 

i have one of these, kinda an impulse buy at the time but as i get more into 1/72 and have ALL the choo choo and railguns including DORA its not as much an impulse buy anymore. looking at my BR-86 german locomotive if i am in the cab looking forward the round one will be on the right side in the front and the left side in the rear. as yours is more like a rail car as long as the round one isn't on the same side on the front and back you should be fine.

This is my second 1/72 model. The first was the old ESCI diorama kit that I built long ago: "Berlin Die Gotterdammerung" http://img.over-blog.com/600x369/5/65/76/73/les-dioramas/ESCI/Berlin/ESCI_2021-Berlin_die_gotterdammerung-01.jpg which I still have . . . somewhere...

Thanks for the info on the bumpers. Very helpful

Wayne funny you said that I'm looking at getting a BR-86, I just picked up a great deal on Ebay for  Hasegawa Karl Morser with the rail cars in 1/72 for $18. I opened it up the other day and it looks awesome. Thinking about a Loco to set on some tracks.

SprueOne

Thanks for looking in, Bill. I think your FT-17 French Light Tank has way more rivets than mine though 

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Yeah, and it made sense until AP rounds were designed and deployed. 

Assembly instructions for the trucks and wheels

I started on the simple truck and wheels assemblies but wanted to make sure I glued the wheels to the axles at the correct width to line up with the fixed rails. So, I started the railroad bed assembly with the rails.

The rail parts have a base and crown. Look carefully

After cutting the parts off of the sprue, I sanded the gate tabs from the bottom first then inserted the rail into the tie bed base 

Then it was easy for me to sand the top easily and evenly 

The kit design allowed me to just slide the rail part in from the side under each rail clamp

I found out that the correct width is to glue the wheels to the axles at by the truck box width. Easy. I'll do this after painting

One truck sitting on the rails. This sub-assembly is just dry fit right now

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thanks for looking

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While building the trucks I decided to make an option to HO scale compatibility. This means installing trucks and wheels from one of my HO scale rolling stock cars to the Draisine 

I have a track cleaner car that looked like it would fit perfectly 

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I traced the clearance of the Draisine trucks with a pencil so I know where to mount the bolts to secure the track cleaner chassis 

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All measurements and marks made then drilled to accommodate the modified fasteners. The nuts and washers provide the exact spacing clearance 

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 assembly shows that the new modified Draisine Track Cleaner will work together with my other HO rolling stock

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ok, now enough with the HO fun . . . back to business 

thanks for looking 

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That's pretty neat making it compatible with HO! Nice progress on this one, got to love the detail for the scale.

Thanks for the comment. The size and shape, I just had to do it. 

Yes, this kit is very clean and has crisp detail 

Now that is a cool kit!

Hi, Thanks for checking in and your comment. 

Yes, it is a very nice kit in regards to clean molding and crisp detail. 

I haven't been posting progress lately because I've been working (distracted) on a bicycle project, my other other hobby 

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The kit railroad bed was designed as a display base. I didn't like the end parts (A2) to taper down like a mound exhibit so I filled the ends with stock styrene sheet and putty to model flat 'infinity' ends. This looks more like a study display which I prefer the look of

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The 2-part ballast bed were mated here (at the arrows). The ballast stones did not match so a careful carving and putty job brought it to a satisfactory look 

Finishing up the railroad bed and rails assembly I want to share the detail of this kit:

little tiny rail joiner parts, nice!

a bicycle chain link next to this tiny turret. 

This clean detail on the underside of the TC hatch will never be seen  

All assembly done and ready for paint which I'll try to start today 

thanks for loooooking . . . 

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Nice modifications to the rail bed and details for sure. Keep it coming!

Thank you.

Base coat has been sprayed but no pics yet. Been working FT+OT and will be off on Thursday. Then I can post more progress pics.

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Base color coat applied and working on details and weathering next 

The wheel rims were first sprayed 'chrome' then after that dried, they were sprayed base color green through a quickly made mask 

thanks for looking and Happy Thanksgiving 

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Finished the Soviet draisine, Krasnaja Zvezda, in 1/72 scale this morning. 

Trucks assembled

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Then . . . 

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. . . Convert to HO scale track cleaner for operational layout running options   

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Thanks for looking 

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Sprue thats a really cool build and I love the modifications. One thing I picked up from a train modelers site is that the ties could use a dark oil wash to highlight the grain and take some of the shine off. Keep that train stuff coming and thanks for showing it. Terry

yeah, that sheen is killin' me. Thanks for the tip!

You bet. I really like your build Sprue, I wish Hobby Boss would get out more RR in 1/72.

Very nice paint work! Looks neat hitched up to the other modern rig. Can you imagine that rolling down the rails through a small mid-west town or similar?

Terry - Thanks for the compliments and yes, I'd like to build more (military) railroad stuff in 1/72 after this nice little kit. 

Bill - Thanks for the comment.  that would be wild, but I'd be reaching for my camera real quick 

jibber

You bet. I really like your build Sprue, I wish Hobby Boss would get out more RR in 1/72.

ditto to both. and trumpeter needs a 1/35 boxcar. i saw a blurb trumpeter is coming out with a 1/35 soviet armored rail car

Soviet PL-37 Lt Artillery Armored Rail Car 

http://www.elmcityhobbies.com/shop/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=4499

SprueOne

yeah, that sheen is killin' me. Thanks for the tip!

you could also try weathering powders or pastels to tone down the ties. if you want to do more RR stuff JIBBER and i have a GB starting in January (though both of us want to start it now)

Sorry for the delay in reply. yes, I'm going to work in some washes with flat color bases and follow with dry pastels. Thanks for the tip.

Yes, I already responded to the RXR GB with interest    

SprueOne

Sorry for the delay in reply. yes, I'm going to work in some washes with flat color bases and follow with dry pastels. Thanks for the tip.

Yes, I already responded to the RXR GB with interest    

we'd be happy to have you.