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Another vote for being very curious about those MTL metal wheels with the plastic axles.I'd like to see some close-up photos of them compared to FVM and other metal wheelsets.What is the benefit of using a plastic axle as opposed to a metal one that is insulated on one side? Ability to make both sides look identical (with no little insulator in there)? Cheaper to make? Or... hmmm... maybe the plastic (Delrin) axle point would spin more freely in the MTL sideframes?I use FVM wheelsets and like them, but I have always found that there is a bit more drag in any car that uses them and spinning the wheelsets in the trucks by hand, they clearly do not spin as freely as the stock MTL wheelsets.I'd also like to see how the flange contour looks close-up.
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That explanation doesn't say anything about the friction properties of the axle points in the sideframes, which is what I'm most curious about.
Gotta have the N&W Pullman! (of course)! https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?_route_=n-scale/new-releases/norfolk-amp-western-cuttyhunk-rel-8-17-14200180I have a pic of this car in one of my books in Orlando Florida circa 1955 so I guess it got around.
I thought the answer to that when they first did the car in 2015 was that the scheme was mistakenly taken from a picture of a 3 door baggage car.Jason
Jason: Actually there was ONE baggage car in this scheme and that, unfortunately, is the one that MT used as a guide.Kind regards,Bill
The picture that was said to be the reference had three doors iirc. The link from Trainboard no longer works unfotunately.Jason
Actually there was ONE baggage car in this scheme and that, unfortunately, is the one that MT used as a guide.
so with plastic axles I am wondering how the resistor wheel for detection crowd will function.