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Post by atsfan on Jul 27, 2012 18:54:53 GMT -8
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Post by bnsf971 on Jul 28, 2012 5:13:57 GMT -8
Sorry, wheelsets are one thing I get from my LHS. Never bought them mail order, never will. I have to see them in person to see if what I am buying is better or worse than what is on the car.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2012 7:17:40 GMT -8
I saw these at the St. Louis RPM Meet yesterday...They are the closest thing out there to true contour of the entire wheel set. Made entirely in the USA. They look just like a real wheel set in miniature. They are also non-magnetic...made entirely of brass or nickel silver. Very nice product...Made right here. No quality control issues with these!!
Blaine Hadfield said they will be priced pretty close to ExactRail's current wheelsets...They will also be coming in bulk packs as well...I think he 100+ axles in the largest sets.
Good deal, ExactRail!!
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Post by calzephyr on Jul 28, 2012 9:50:06 GMT -8
I saw these at the St. Louis RPM Meet yesterday...They are the closest thing out there to true contour of the entire wheel set. Made entirely in the USA. They look just like a real wheel set in miniature. They are also non-magnetic...made entirely of brass or nickel silver. Very nice product...Made right here. No quality control issues with these!! Blaine Hadfield said they will be priced pretty close to ExactRail's current wheelsets...They will also be coming in bulk packs as well...I think he 100+ axles in the largest sets. Good deal, ExactRail!! They look nice, but you need great track to run anything near scale on HO. I use wheel sets like for pictures! Larry |
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Post by calzephyr on Jul 28, 2012 9:55:26 GMT -8
I saw these at the St. Louis RPM Meet yesterday...They are the closest thing out there to true contour of the entire wheel set. Made entirely in the USA. They look just like a real wheel set in miniature. They are also non-magnetic...made entirely of brass or nickel silver. Very nice product...Made right here. No quality control issues with these!! Blaine Hadfield said they will be priced pretty close to ExactRail's current wheelsets...They will also be coming in bulk packs as well...I think he 100+ axles in the largest sets. Good deal, ExactRail!! Mopac1 I noticed you are from Centralia, one of my favorite places to visit when I lived near Effingham growing up in the late forties and fifties. How is the IC 2500 in the park? I believe the last time I was down there, a roof had been built over that great locomotive. I have watched it under steam many times since the 2500 class was assigned to the mainline run past Effingham for most of its service life. Larry |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jul 28, 2012 9:58:54 GMT -8
Larry,
These wheels are definitely NOT scale. The 110 ones should work as well as anything else you're running. They SHOULD be to RP25 standards, I think. Maybe Exactrail will get the NMRA "bug" to certify same.
Ed
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Post by craigz on Jul 28, 2012 13:23:53 GMT -8
True HO scale wheelsets would be P87; these definitely aren't P87. Perhaps ER is referring to the axle shape and the wheel faces.
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Post by calzephyr on Jul 28, 2012 13:50:13 GMT -8
True HO scale wheelsets would be P87; these definitely aren't P87. Perhaps ER is referring to the axle shape and the wheel faces. That is my impression they are too wide, but do look nice Larry |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2012 0:48:54 GMT -8
Larry:
The 2500 is in great shape...It now has a "carport-style" cover over it to keep the elements from taking hold...and was repainted a couple of years ago....They even light up the headlight on her for the fall festival each year...I'll get out there this week and take a picture of her and post it here. 2500 has been taken care of.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2012 0:52:28 GMT -8
True HO scale wheelsets would be P87; these definitely aren't P87. Perhaps ER is referring to the axle shape and the wheel faces. The announcement states they will be available in both .110 and .088 wheel treads. Blaine explained that as well at the show. But the overall shape and wheel contour front and back are the main selling points, IMO. |
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Post by riggelweg on Jul 29, 2012 5:44:38 GMT -8
Looking good.
In the prototype, why does the interior face sweep back outwardly beyond the flange? The only reasons I can guess is for cooling the flange or for providing some type of flex in the flange. I would really only guess the former.
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Post by riogrande on Jul 29, 2012 8:48:51 GMT -8
They do look gorgeous and close in the contours to the real thing. I agree, they aren't to scale but that would mean tight track tolerances which isn't what I'm in the hobby for. I'd love to have some of those but am not going to go spend a fortune to replace my wheels with them, although I might pick some up at some point. If I have to mail order them, it will probably be later than sooner that I buy some.
One thing that I have noticed about some metal wheels, including Atlas, is they have sharp lips or edges on the outside tread and don't look prototypical to me. I think Atlas has started offering more prototypical wheels in the past few years but IMO, why weren't they doing this 15 years ago?
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jul 29, 2012 11:46:51 GMT -8
Looking good. In the prototype, why does the interior face sweep back outwardly beyond the flange? The only reasons I can guess is for cooling the flange or for providing some type of flex in the flange. I would really only guess the former. The flange of the wheel is not a weight bearing part of the wheel; the tread is. So the web of the wheel "aims" for the tread as that's where its load comes from. And that kinda leaves the flange behind. Ed |
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