When the N5c was done, a third party made available the PRR style trucks in brass. Perhaps that same fellow would be willing to make the NYC trucks? Or maybe John already tried him.
Found some shots of the trucks here: http://vtcaboose.net/caboose.html Ken On 10/3/07, Gary Chudzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Posted by: "Tom Hawley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Tue Oct 2, 2007 7:03 pm (PST) > > >I just got my kits from Kaslo for the NYC 19000 # series cabooses. What are > >our NYC modellers using for trucks on this caboose? > > >Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan > > > Tom, > I have/had the same question. I asked John Whitmore about this a couple > of months ago. He stated he didn't recall that the trucks were included and > that he was having difficulty finding the correct ones. I offered to send > (lend) him a set from Walt Danylak's brass project back in the 80's, but John > indicated Ed L. had already done so. Subsequent to our discussion, I found > an email from John dated 12/07/03, stating : "These kits will retail for > $70.00 USD and will include couplers and hopefully trucks if I can find the > right ones. Suggestions on what brand of truck you would like to see would > be helpful." There appeared to be no differentiation in price, with or > without the trucks although I'm sure that brass trucks would have a major > impact on the kit price. Perhaps John could contact RR or other brass > importer and see if the trucks could be piggy-backed on another brass > project. I don't believe the correct trucks have ever been produced in S by > any non-brass manufacturer, but this issue needs to be resolved for this nice > scale caboose to look and be scale! Jim or Dan, can you comment? > > Gary Chudzinski > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
