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- PFE reefers R-70-2 – the “Super Giants” -

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First detail parts on underside of frame - brake components and piping

Brake rigging is added and so I think that I should add all the other details around the model.

Brake gear shown again from a slight different direction ...

... and in opposite direction.

How did Sunshine realize some frame details at body bolster? Do you miss somethings? <br>(The wire behind the wheels is a preparation for hand brake and will have a different look after finishing.)

A fast attempt to solve this problem - and it looks better, much better, I think!<br>Realized after a picture of prototype on Sunshine's own construction sheet.

Should I build the hand brake with fat and short plastic parts? Also my standard chain seemed not good enough. Left the solution, a fine chain from a jeweller - 50 links per inch and 0.2 mm (0.008 inch) wire!

Most detailed hand brake which I added on end side of a model.

Ready - the first one. Seven more models will follow. Nevertheless, not all the details seem good enough! An additional change must be done yet.

The final picture of this model. A lot of detailing parts were to add which were not prepared or enclosed by Sunsine Models - the maker of the most expensive resin kits!

It's going! After a short interrupt, now also the first brakes of models no. 2 to 5 are under construction.

These are the new brakeman boards from laser-cut hard cardboard, where you can see through and with a grid as fine as you can cut with a laser.

The same model as on detailed view of the hand brake before, but now with a grid as brakeman footstep, where you can ''see throug''.

Looks definitively a lot better, even though I initially could not quite understand my friend's desire.

That are now all (at least five out of eight) of PFE ''super-giant'' reefer with a detailing, as I have shown before. Now the owner ought to be satisfied!

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