Junkers would be great, unfortunately the cars which used these trucks are incredibly rare, in some colors only a few are known. So even a junker can be in the 4 figure range.
MEW never made them, RichArt was the last and Dick used the Varney Sirus tooling. Mine should be perfect down to the slightest detail, i just need to make a die for the bolster to stick in the ram.
I need 3 for a set of 28' cadet blue 187 188 189 cars and im sick of waiting!
MEW may not have made them "yet", but when Dick Mayer was making some of my Standard Gauge Milwaukee Road passenger cars I recall him telling me that he was waiting to receive back from MEW some of the truck parts (wheels, axles, etc.) he needed to complete my order. He told me that MEW had just purchased his tooling and spare parts for these cars under the provision that he would be able to get back from them any parts he needed to complete the orders he had taken prior to selling the tooling/parts to MEW. Based on this discussion, it's quite possible that MEW has the tooling but has just not used it yet to make some Ives 6-wheel passenger car trucks.
I just emailed MEW and asked if they had this tooling.
Bob Nelson
