Announcement of Cancellation Santa Clara, California—The host committee of the 2021 national convention of National Model Railroad Association, Inc., NMRA 2021 Rails By The Bay, announced today that it has canceled its convention that had been scheduled for the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel & Conf...
My eyeballs are not calibrated to 10ths of a millimeter!!!
I can usually spot the difference between 36in and 33in wheels...
but not 34in (7.2mm) and 33in (7.0) mm.
AFAIK... These are the same wheels used on MTB tank and 3-bay hopper cars. (With few or no complaints...)
it was a typo )) I was talking about 2bay RTR hopper )) I've nefer mode a tipo miself...!!! The 2-bay hoppers from TiTan TT [AU] are currently ONLY available in kit form... The decorated RTR cars are at the pre-production stage... with Rob Dikken at Zeuke [NL] https://www.zeuke-tt.com managing the ...
To me, the car seems quite high. Unfortunately, I can not look, because all kits are sold. I'm pretty sure this was just set on trucks for a photo... NOT as an example of final production. It will probably not be possible to make it as low as the prototype. The model hopper car height is a factor o...
Note that the interior slope sheets are actually metal weights...
so you can run these empty (back to the coal mines!) without derailing.
...a quite effective solution to getting weight in an open car.