Re: Type C/UP trucks
Posted by Michael York on Apr 24, 2020; 4:20am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15549.html
Let's see...I count 9 MCB 6" boards on that boxcar...so 9x5.25" = 47.25". That would make it a 48" truck. That's from the photo of the boxcar coupled to a gon with a longer wb truck.
For the Flat-Gon photo, they are the same length and have the exact same diameter wheels...I used the computer to determine this. Crazy...but it corrected for the vanishing point and that's what I got!
My eyes disagree...
Anyone have a nice photo of a boxcar riding on Litchfield trucks handy? If so, we can count the boards to verify it.
Speaking of scale, I noticed that my HOn3 Litchfield trucks were actually undersized which is why the wheelsets didn't fit. I corrected this, added a 1" indent to the transoms for the flanges, and moved the brakes+hanger 1" away from the wheels. This is due to the RP25 flanges being a scale 2" on an HOn3 wheelset.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15549.html
Let's see...I count 9 MCB 6" boards on that boxcar...so 9x5.25" = 47.25". That would make it a 48" truck. That's from the photo of the boxcar coupled to a gon with a longer wb truck.
For the Flat-Gon photo, they are the same length and have the exact same diameter wheels...I used the computer to determine this. Crazy...but it corrected for the vanishing point and that's what I got!
My eyes disagree...
Anyone have a nice photo of a boxcar riding on Litchfield trucks handy? If so, we can count the boards to verify it.
Speaking of scale, I noticed that my HOn3 Litchfield trucks were actually undersized which is why the wheelsets didn't fit. I corrected this, added a 1" indent to the transoms for the flanges, and moved the brakes+hanger 1" away from the wheels. This is due to the RP25 flanges being a scale 2" on an HOn3 wheelset.
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