Product details
Revell Model Set Big Boy Locomotive | Locomotive kit in scale 1/87

Scope of delivery
– Model Set Big Boy Locomotive kit
– Decals
– Detailed and illustrated building instructions

Technical data
– Model in scale 1:87
– Highly detailed plastic kit
– Unassembled, unglued and unpainted
– Skill level: 4
– Length: 464 mm
– Number of parts: 87

Additional details
– One-piece boiler replica
– Separate smoke flap
– Detailed driver’s cab
– Movable steering racks
– Detailed drive wheels
– Detailed drive linkage
– Front protective grille
– Detailed coal tender with ladders
– Finely detailed track replica (approx. 48 cm)
– Decals for 2 versions of the Union PacificNext to
– Basic colours, glue and brushes are also included

Age recommendation: 12 years and up

About the prototype
The American Big Boys are among the longest and largest series-produced steam locomotives ever built in the world. During the late 1930s, Union Pacific often used auxiliary locomotives to pull trains from Ogden, Utah to Wasatch over a steep pass. U.P. wanted to simplify this system and commissioned its own engineering department to design a new locomotive that could pull a 3,600 tonne train (up to a maximum of 4,200 tonnes) up the steep pass. The 25 BigBoy locomotives were built in 2 groups. The first group, called Class 1, was built from 1941. The second group (Class 2) was built in 1944. The last goods train transport handled by a Big Boy locomotive took place in July 1959. Most Big Boy locomotives were taken out of service in 1961.

Features
– Class: Big Boy
– Manufacturer: Revell
– Track gauge: H0 1:87
– New Item 2024: Summer New Item 2024
– Locomotive type: Steam locomotive