Re: Type C/UP trucks

Posted by Jim Courtney on Apr 22, 2020; 6:04pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15535.html

Duh . . . how could I miss something that obvious.

Hold the 3-D presses, Michael, Ron is correct.

At first I wondered if the type C truck was longer than 4'-0" wheelbase, or was the Litchfield truck shorter than thought.

The best directly right angle view of the type C truck, with the least skew, is that under the flanger.
Assuming 26" diameter wheels, the proportion of wheel base to truck diameter, by my measure = 2.1183.
That would yield a significantly longer wheel base, almost exactly 4'-7".

OK, other folks get out your calipers and measure and check my math. John Greenly this is your forte.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to have UP 14 ton trucks in all the major modeling scale, so lets make sure we help Michael get it right.