“Again, a neoprene tires will last years. They aren’t rubber. Trust me, you aren’t breaking any new ground by using rubber bands. There is a reason they’re not a suitable replacement. ”
No, I don’t suppose I am. It isn’t a new idea, even to me, and I’m well aware of the deficiencies of the common or garden rubber band. However it DID get the loco moving and allowed me to put the replacement tyre on my shopping list of items to pick up when I’m in the US in Jan/Feb, without the cost of carriage etc.
Regarding not fitting traction tyres, back in the way-back-when, Tri-Ang used to fit knurled wheels to the power bogies of their diesel outline models. They sounded just as you would expect!
