62165 - Model Set Big Boy Locomotive

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