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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:19 AM
Thanks for the tips guys!!
Tim
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Jetrock
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August 2003
From: Midtown Sacramento
3,340 posts
Posted by
Jetrock
on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:13 AM
Replacement wheelsets are typically very cheap at the hobby shop--if you're using plastic wheelsets, do yourself a favor and buy a pack or two of metal wheels with metal axles, and you'll have plenty of plastic wheelsets to spray with rust and leave lying around your shop areas! The plastic axles should be easy to file down to eliminate the cone-shaped ends.
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cacole
Member since
July 2003
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
13,757 posts
Posted by
cacole
on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:31 PM
Not all HO wheelsets have cone shaped ends -- plastic wheel sets off of Model Power, Tyco, and some of the other really cheap train sets have blunt axles. Even some of the new Athearn Ready-to-Roll stuff has blunt axles. I always take these trucks off and throw them away if there's any possible way to replace them.
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jwmurrayjr
Member since
February 2002
From: US
517 posts
Posted by
jwmurrayjr
on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:28 PM
You can also file the ends of plastic (or metal ) wheelsets flat.
[:)]
Jim Murray
The San Juan Southern RR
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orsonroy
Member since
March 2002
From: Elgin, IL
3,677 posts
Posted by
orsonroy
on Monday, June 14, 2004 12:39 PM
Tichy sells proto-correct wheelsets for a wheel car load. Try their website or Walthers.
Ray Breyer
Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Wheelsets and trucks
Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, June 14, 2004 12:36 PM
I have noticed on a lot of layouts the wheels, trucks, and other loco and freight car parts used as spare parts around a roundhouse or repair facility. Do most of you use the same wheelsets and trucks from your cars, or is a special type available for this purpose. The reason I ask is that the wheelsets used in ho scale freight cars have cone shaped ends, where real wheelsets don't. Any ideas?
Tim
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