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@GG1 4877 posted:

The collector in me wants to keep my set intact.  The pantographs do lock down, so I'm not concerned there and the warping on the end caps is not bad.  The set runs fine and I have no complaints.  However, that is just me.

If you are going to make the change, I might suggest MTH Railking truck side frames as they might be closer in scale to the Welz cars.  Scale superliner trucks as found on Atlas Horizon cars or K-line cars would be a bit large compared to the cars in my opinion.  The same is true for the Williams trucks and side frames.  The cross section of the Williams cars is a larger than the Welz ones.

I'm holding out for scale cars and I suspect I they will yet become available in my lifetime.

I completely understand the collector viewpoint, especially since these weren't mass produced. Every set has a serial number. I'm just curious what can be done, without spending a fortune, to improve performance and appearance. They don't even fit the era I'm modeling (mid 40's to mid 50's), but I've always loved the Metroliners. Had a concept art poster of them when I was a kid, released before they were built. If I thought I could get the Amtrak stripes off without a ton of work, I'd love to get them in the original PRR livery. Only set of these I've ever seen for sale like that was Elliot's own, being sold by him. Not that I don't like the Amtrak paint. The only thing I can't stand is anything with a "PC" on it. For as short a time as they were in operation, it seems they blew their whole budget on repaints.

Anyway, I was able to pick these up for a stupidly low price (way less than a set of K-line MP54s run these days). I suppose I'm just one of those type people who loves to tinker and modify things.

After reading your reply, I was like "the pantographs lock down"? I guess I was expecting something like on my GG1 or MP54s. Color me surprised when I was able to hook the top of the pan and keep it down! I don't have any other Faiveley pans, so it never occurred to me. Lesson learned...

After seeing the MTH Amfleets never delivered, I'm not so sure about seeing scale ones in anyone's lifetime. Probably just as well, as I doubt I'll ever have enough space to run scale length ones.

Are there any Railking GSI Horizon trucks?

Pic of an early prototype blind end (end detail left off to increase print speed, no point printing it when the part will just end up in the trash after I check spacing. The shorter it is, the faster it prints). Not sure what happened to the detail at the top of the door. And the door window is coming down and getting smaller...

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