Ted S posted:I remember reading about a Hudson with screw-on driving wheels that was delivered with Scullin discs. A lot of folks were put off, so Lionel made spoked replacements available as an aftermarket part. After a while they ran out of spoked replacements. Which Hudson was that?
I believe you’re thinking about 6-28072 Ted......the Korean built J3a ....catalog pictures, or catalog art as some call it, show the beast with boxpok drivers, when in fact, she was delivered with Scullin discs. As part of the move towards more accuracy of prototype models ( I’ll leave that term open to interpretation) 28072 was modeled after J3a #5444 ....the real locomotive as delivered was equipped with boxpoks, not Scullins ......Lionel offered a set of replacement drivers in boxpok. Since this model has screw on drivers, this swap is not that difficult. Some heating of the retaining screw was necessary to break loose the loctite....that’s the worst part of the swap, but easily remedied by not rushing through the job.....as mentioned before, these Korean built Hudsons, are of all new tooling. Drivers are not interchangeable with it’s Pulmor ancestry...........Pat
