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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tstage</i> <br /><br />RTR? Not always the case. <br /> <br />I've bought two Walthers gondolas and a 30' cupola caboose and I've had to trim and hack and change wheel sets and trucks in order for them to be able to negotiate an 18" radius curve without resistance. The details good and they are great on the straight away but the curves still slow them down - the caboose worse than the gondolas. (Proto 2000 trucks and wheel sets resolved the dragging problem on the gondolas.) <br /> <br />If Walthers really wants to go the ALL RTR route, they should really consider revamping and/or making some modications to their current manufacturing dies to improve the action of their rolling stock. (The operable word here is "rolling" - under ALL reasonable circumstances.) To me, negotiating an 18" radius curve would fall under the "reasonable" catagory. <br /> <br />I'm a kt guy and will remain a kit guy until the last one leaves the LHS shelf for the Smithsonian. I only buy RTR when I don't really have much else of an option. (Hence, why I only have three RTR cars in my collection.) <br /> <br /><center><b><font size="5">LONG LIVE THE KIT!!!</font id="size5"></b></center> <br /> <br />Tom <br /> <br />P.S. Pre-drilling the grab iron holes would be a plus. Most of the other manufacuters usually do this on their kits. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />And the Smithsonian probably will hire you to catalog and classify the kits to be exhibited. And maintain the kits in storage he he. <br /> <br />I am teasing you with [:D]
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