06-16-2010, 08:06 AM
Nice work, Kevin!
Did you have to bore out the axle holes in the caboose's trucks? That was one of my least favorite aspects of PSC's On3 trucks. I definitely see the merits of JB Weld assembly over soldering.
Early on, there were a few questions I can answer:
In narrow gauge modeling, some manufacturers offer styrene kits. PSC has a few, Grandt Line's are all styrene, and there are a few others. Many kits are wood. Whether a model includes trucks or not depends on whether the company producing it also produces the correct trucks. Grandt Line and PSC offer trucks, and so they are included. Rail Line offers two styrene kits as their full product line, so they don't offer trucks. Rio Grande Models is a fine source for non-D&RGW trucks...offering Carter Bros, DSP&P, F&CC, etc. prototypes (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm">http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm</a><!-- m -->)
The caboose trucks are the D&RGW's standard 3'7" WB arch bar trucks with leaf springs. The D&RGW 30' freight cars (3000 series box, 1000 series gons, 5500 series stock) were equipped with a coil version of the same truck. Most other operations, as well as the newer D&RGW cars, used trucks with 4'-5'wb...some were arch bar (fabricated), others were cast (Betterndorf, Vulcan, Andrews).
Did you have to bore out the axle holes in the caboose's trucks? That was one of my least favorite aspects of PSC's On3 trucks. I definitely see the merits of JB Weld assembly over soldering.
Early on, there were a few questions I can answer:
In narrow gauge modeling, some manufacturers offer styrene kits. PSC has a few, Grandt Line's are all styrene, and there are a few others. Many kits are wood. Whether a model includes trucks or not depends on whether the company producing it also produces the correct trucks. Grandt Line and PSC offer trucks, and so they are included. Rail Line offers two styrene kits as their full product line, so they don't offer trucks. Rio Grande Models is a fine source for non-D&RGW trucks...offering Carter Bros, DSP&P, F&CC, etc. prototypes (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm">http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm</a><!-- m -->)
The caboose trucks are the D&RGW's standard 3'7" WB arch bar trucks with leaf springs. The D&RGW 30' freight cars (3000 series box, 1000 series gons, 5500 series stock) were equipped with a coil version of the same truck. Most other operations, as well as the newer D&RGW cars, used trucks with 4'-5'wb...some were arch bar (fabricated), others were cast (Betterndorf, Vulcan, Andrews).
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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