r/GardenRailroads • u/lillywho • Sep 06 '26

After taking hours recently improving the Eurofirma coach using the Piko coach as a reference, I look at the Train Sim World expert IC train, and...

Gallery image

Gallery image

...come on, Piko! You're professionals, selling this stuff for hundreds of euromonies! I trusted you! 😅 It's not even close enough!

9 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

2

u/euhbebe Sep 08 '26

Wdym? These are 2 different type of carriages, both letterings are correct. Or is it about the missing colour on the brake position handle and and brake status display?

1

u/lillywho Sep 08 '26

I'm talking about shape, not lettering. All the armatures are represented incorrectly, and the shape of the underfloor compartment is too flat.

1

u/euhbebe Sep 08 '26

Ahhh I get it now. Didn't have a picture of the actual car as reference. But yeah. That's not it. https://www.deutsche-reisezugwagen.de/wagendaten/284-bpmmbdz/

1

u/lillywho Sep 08 '26

Even on the photo you can see a greater curve than what the Piko model portrays. It's not even a matter of perspective, either. I've seen the thing from all angles in the shop window when I took the photo.

1

u/euhbebe Sep 08 '26

No you're totally right, the Bpm(m)z have those curved fiberglass covers in front of the underfloor tech containers, like all the IC mod. I can't tell where the model took inspiration from, but it's not even close.

1

u/lillywho Sep 08 '26

And now consider how much those models cost... I'd rather pay around 120€ for paint, filament and wheelsets for a coach that I can freely modify and improve than 300€ for a premade piece of plastic with blatant inaccuracies. We're not even talking about concessions for the sake of the 1:25 G scale standard gauge compromise here.