German Railgun markings
#AR35088
German Railcar markings
#AR35087
Reviews by Terry Ashley

The spelling errors are only minor and confined to the smaller stenciling (text size about 1mm in 1/35th) so may not be an issue for some but it's good to get it right.

The main omission on the kit sheets is the absence of the "Umlaut" on the relevant ä and ü in the stenciling plus some actual spelling and grammatical errors.

The main errors on the two kit sheets are:

• "Gewicht des wagens” should be "Gewicht des Wagens", note the big "W"
• "L.Ü.P." should have an "Ü" instead of the plain "U".
• "Bremgewicht" is lacking a "s" and should read "Bremsgewicht"
• "Wennein Dregherstell" should read "Wenn ein Drehgestell"
• "Bahnof" is missing a "h" and should be spelled "Bahnhof"
• "Beschädigung" again should include an "Umlaut" with the "ä"

The Archers sheets have the correct spelling for all of these as well as being rub-on type decals so you don't have to worry about glossing the model before applying the kit decals. This alone is good enough reason for getting the Archer's sheets let alone the correct spelling.

Sheet AR35088 has markings for one K5 Rail Gun and stenciling for the two K5 Rail Cars while set AR35087 has a far more comprehensive set of Rail Car stenciling applicable to other flatbed rail cars.

Highly recommended.

Sheet No.AR35088

Sheet No.AR35087

See the Archers web site for full details.
A special thanks to Carsten Gurk of panzer-modell.de for his assistance in translating and identifying the errors on the kit decals.

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