British B-5 Armored Road Train

John Fowler & Company of Leeds, England provided four rugged armored road trains for the British during the Boer War of 1898-1900. More were requested, but as the first two delivered had been stripped of their armor for other uses the request was not honored. Each train consisted of a powerful armored Traction Engine and three or four armored Carts. The carts could carry a field howitzer, ammunition, gun crew, and supplies. The engine was powerful enough to tow additional artillery pieces behind the carts.



The B5 Armored Train consists of fully rigged Poser figures with many operating parts.



(The models were built for Poser but load and operate in DAZ Studio excepting the Road Train compound figure, for which a work-around is provided – see the ReadMe for particulars.)



FIGURES

The Traction Engine and Cart figures have full ERC control at the Body level:

Traction Engine

o Wheels and engine parts operate realistically

o Coordinated steering mechanism

o Top and main hatches open individually

o Smoke box cover opens

o Vision loopholes open

o Interior controls operate

Cart

o Wheels turn realistically

o Adjustable, rotating tow bar

o Side panels lower individually

o Coordinated hatch operation

o Loopholes/gun ports open

o Brake operates

o Troop/gun crew benches fold down individually



The Road Train compound figure consists of a Traction Engine figure and three child Cart figures. Each Cart figure is parented to the tow hook of the vehicle directly in front.



PROPS

The Armored Train figures load preloaded with smart props, some of which are made visible or hidden with Hide/Show poses (see below).



Other smart props may be loaded manually:

o Smoke



POSES

o Hide/Show Traction Engine wing sides for cab interior viewing

o Show Cart door tie rods in stowed or in-use positions

o M4 and V4 crew poses

o MAT poses to change Cart appearance



CAMERAS

o Full camera sets tailored for easy viewing and rendering of Traction Engine, Cart, and Road Train figures - Include main, auxiliary, left, right, top, bottom, front and back cameras

o Many individual Dolly cameras to view the interiors



LIGHTS

o Simple day and night light sets



See the ReadMe file and view the product promos above for more information.



(Note: Some promotional images use backgrounds derived from this Wikimedia image: Panorama von klein Spitzkoppe by Ikiwaner - Own work, GFDL 1.2)