Good question! Since there ae many very good
real-sprung trucks out there and a wide range of
types. CY
--- jkohl <jkohl@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I've got a question that has really stumped me over
> the past 2 years or so
> that I've been doing model railroading...
>
> ...note that this is not intended to be
> antagonistic, but a real question..
>
> I've seen some stupendously excellent model
> freightcars
> (http://www.steamfreightcars.com is one place I
> frequent), but almost to a
> "T", everyone uses molded plastic trucks.
>
> Now, why in the world would someone put all that
> detail in a freight car,
> but leave the trucks with unrealistic molded
> springs? I can't figure that
> out...even as...ummmmm...obtuse as some scratchbuilt
> modelers tend to be,
> that they would still used a molded spring truck on
> a car that they have
> spent innumerable hours on making it look realistic?
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> »» Jan Kohl ««
> computer security consultant
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