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Reply to "scale Budd Cars?"

Originally Posted by Bob Delbridge:

What kind of features would Legacy or PS3 have to offer a passenger car?

Hi Bob,

 

The "trolley mode" station stop capabilities of PS2 and 3 are a pretty "killer app" for RDC's.

 

The 3rd-Rail RDC's are a beautiful model.  We have nine sets of them on NWTL.  The bodies are beautifully done with an excellent nickle plated finish.  It's a little more yellow than stainless steel, but it looks a lot better than silver paint.  The bodies are quite heavy and the manufacturer did a good job specing the truck spring.  When set on the track the springs compress about 1/3 of their total travel.  The fatal flaw of the 3rd-Rail RDC's is the drive.  They use powered trucks with a small motor driving worm gear boxes on each axle.  That provides plenty of power to move the car and it's coupled dummy, but the gear boxes have no seals.  After running a few scale miles the gear boxes heat up, the grease inside thins, and it wicks out the axles and onto the wheels.  They really can't stand up to regular operation.

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

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