Length overall 56 studs = 450 mm (buffer to buffer) Number of left over bricks 91 (from the two small models) When building the tank installation only 5 bricks left over Number of axles 18 (36 wheels) and can take standard LEGO curves and switches smoothly. Length 100 studs = 800 mm (buffer to buffer) Torpedo insulation asbestos and firebrick (you can stand near it without getting burned)Ībout 10 pieces manufactured for Krupp (nowadays ThysenKrupp) in the late 1960’s. Temperature 1400 degrees Celsius (=2552 degrees Fahrenheit) Load 160.000 Kg of liquid steel =176 American tons =353.000 English pounds Netto weight 210.000 Kg =231 American tons =463.000 English pounds It is just a way to produce an affordable set and if you like, you buy 2 so you can build the masterpiece shown in this entry. It is not my purpose to promote a new marketing strategy. With the left over bricks you can make a tank installation. When you create the big version only a few other bricks will be unused. The shop set contains only some extra bricks to create the big one. If you buy 2 wagons, you can make the really huge version. Not only the type of wagon is unique, but also my concept 1+1=1.
This model is copy of the torpedo wagon used at the ThysenKrupp in Germany. Torpedo wagons come in different sizes and are used all over the world, yet not much is known about this remarkable piece of engineering. To empty the torpedo it rotates about 170 degrees and the liquid iron pours into a canal and flows to the foundry. The torpedo is filled through an inlet on the top of the torpedo. An iron plant is huge, so therefore these wagons are used. At the iron works ore is converted in to liquid steel after which it is transported to the foundry where the liquid iron is poured in to molds, plates, tubes etc. A torpedo wagon is one of the largest and heaviest cargo wagons in the world.
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