Z scale model of hopper car with MILLET decoration.
Model equipped with the new Magnetiz® coupling system.
The standard couplers are included in the box and can be swapped for the magnetic couplers.
Z scale model of the hopper car with trucks in French MILLET version.
This Z scale reproduction is a ready-to-run finished model.
Model equipped with our new Magnetiz® coupling system.
Injection plastic molded model with High quality fine details and silkscreen.
The wheels are in burnished nickel finish metal.
About the Magnetiz® system:
The new Magnetiz® coupling is slim and discreet. It addresses the number one criticism of Z-scale equipment, namely its very noticeable and unsightly hook coupling.
Its ultra-compact design reduces the spacing between carriages to a minimum for a more realistic look.
To achieve this, the new coupling developed by AZAR MODELS uses powerful neodymium micro-magnets, making the magnetic connection strong and reliable, with no risk of accidental uncoupling, even on large trains.
The new system also features an innovative clip fastening on the coupling box. The coupling can be easily removed when not in use by simply pulling on it, for example at the front of the locomotive.
To remain slim and discreet, each piece of equipment is equipped with a magnet on the ‘north’ side and a magnet on the ‘south’ side. If you want to reverse a carriage in a train, simply reverse the north/south magnetic couplings using the clip system and you're done.
This clip also allows you to change the magnetic coupling for the old hook coupling, thus maintaining full compatibility with existing equipment.
The hook coupling is still supplied in the box of equipment produced by AZAR MODELS.
About the real one :
This hopper car with trucks is designed for transporting products such as grain. Cars of this type are used for transporting all types of oilseeds, cereals and derivatives in bulk.
Due to their wide use form the 70's, many decorations are available for this type of wagon, from the Breton cooperatives to the mills of eastern France, passing through the cereal plains of the center and the north of Europe. This car was also widely used in Belgium, Germany, Italy...
This gravity unloading silo car is one of the hopper wagons, consisting of a single tank arranged longitudinally and opening onto several unloading hoppers (3 or 4). The bottom ends of the tank are angled inward to guide the granulated material to the nearest hopper. The tank is often rounded in shape, which gives the cars an intermediate appearance between the cylindrical shape of the tank car and the funnel shape of the hopper car.
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