── Show your true value by renovating your equipment! Convex body EF13!
[Actual vehicle introduction]
- During World War II, when all kinds of supplies were in short supply, a vehicle was created based on a [wartime design] that saved materials and had a simple shape that could be manufactured by unskilled workers.
-The EF13 is a new electric locomotive that appeared in 1944 to cope with the ever-increasing volume of freight transportation.
- In order to save steel, the car body has been shortened to a length that covers the minimum necessary parts, and the plate thickness has been reduced. Small equipment is stored in the bonnet at both ends, and a convex shape that is unique to electric brakes has been installed. The shape of the car body is its biggest outward feature.
- In order to omit the air valve device, two sets of sand boxes and piping were installed for each driving wheel, a PS13 pantograph for electric trains was used, and decks at both ends were omitted as a result of thorough simplification, resulting in insufficient weight. As a result, 16.4 tons of concrete was loaded as dead weight in the underframe and inside the equipment room.
- Despite being called a wartime model, only seven were completed by the end of the war due to shortages of supplies, air raids, evacuations, and conscription of factory workers, and the remaining 24 were completed one after another by 1947.
- Unit 11 was manufactured by Kawasaki Sharyo on October 26, 1944, and in the official photo taken at the time of its completion, you can see that the ventilator on the side of the car was horizontal.
- As a result of excessive simplifications such as omitting high-speed circuit breakers, which resulted in frequent electric shock accidents and breakdowns, the equipment was modified around 1948 to make it suitable for practical use.
- The pantograph has been replaced with PS14, the front and rear end decks have been repaired, and the main bogie sandbox has been repaired, giving it a completely new look, making it an electric freight locomotive that can stably demonstrate the same level of performance as the pre-war EF12. It was reborn as a military force supporting post-war reconstruction.
[Product Summary]
- Further enhancement of the Micro Ace electric locomotive series
- In response to many requests, we have produced a deformed locomotive, a convex EF13 before the body change, for the first time in a while!
- Based on the period setting, each part is finished in Grape Color No. 1
- Die-cast vehicle body with traction performance in mind
- In addition to changing the pantograph and deck shape according to the times, A2233 and A2234 have different shapes of the corners of the underframe.
*Due to shared parts, some parts may differ from the actual vehicle.
[A2234 EF13-31]
- Odeco light, the four corners of the underframe are chamfered at right angles, and the board overhangs.
- Variation product based on A2235 (shipped in August 2014).
- Reproduces the appearance after deck maintenance and equipment modifications such as PS14 pantograph, sand box halved, and metal number installed.
- Based on the actual photo, it appears in the mid-1940s with the [OFF LIMITS] sign on the side of the driver's seat.
[accessories]
- none
[option]
- Not supported
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