1937 were built a locomotive of the series BR 05 with cockpit in front and coal dust beaconing. It was intended to win a better track overview. 1944 difficulties in the coal dust firing led to the dismantling the locomotive back in its earlier design
Finaly the first galery of a HO 1/87 scale modelI. Mr. M. Koschek (GER) did a very nice job using this converion kit and building a very nice model of this Airmodels BR 05003 AE-08. A kit which demands realy high experiences in modeling. Mr. Koschek´s result however is very nice.