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I would like to see fewer items in rolling stock kits. If mfrs offered kits without trucks, wheel sets and couplers it would reduce their cost and ours. They could offer an additional kit with their generic "warped/twisted trucks, plastic wheels, bent axles and hornhook couplers" to complete the kit. This would allow those of us that have specific wants/desires to add the trucks, wheel sets, and couplers of our choice without paying for them twice. The problem is we'll never see mfrs get together to make a "standard" for truck mounting and coupler pockets. Another thing I would like to see is, like computer card slots, I wish mfrs would make one connection standard with 2 slots. One slot for the decoder "card" and one slot for the sound "card". Loco mfrs could mfr locos without cards and we could add the card(s) of our choice. This would eliminate wiring, re-wiring and soldering issues giving modelers less chance of letting the smoke out. If you don't do sound then simply don't add the sound card. If you do DC then slip in a DC card**. If you do DCC then slip in the mfr's decoder card of choice. ** As cjm89 would like to see, mfrs could use brushless AC motors and the DC card could convert DC to AC. It would also be nice if loco mfrs would make "plug-in" light sockets. If your specific road name and era used a mars light then plug one in. If it had a light with red lens then plug one in. This could also be used for steam era locos where headlight housings are different. It could lead to a whole new line of products or mfg company(ies). Help the modeler... Standardization... I guess I'm dreamin' again!
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