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Do You Add Weight to Your Rolling Stock?

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Posted by daan on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:37 PM
If running on 027 adding weight is best done on the axles of the cars by winding soldering wire. This results in a low center of gravity on that point where it's needed: on the trucks. It won't hang over in the tight curves and still your car is heavier. Or simply change the plastic trucks into metal ones..
Daan. I'm Dutch, but only by country...
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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:40 PM
daan,

A nice suggestion; esp. for plastic trucks; perhaps you win our "tip of the day" contest.

dav
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Posted by fjerome on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:58 PM
what "tip of the day contest?"

[:o)]
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