Q on Rapido Passenger Cars

[NW Modeling List]

Rapido also makes these trucks, they look pretty close to me:

http://www.rapidotrains.com/details5.html

Maybe the cars even come with those trucks - I can't tell from the Rapido website.

Mark Peele


--- On Fri, 3/6/09, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: Q on Rapido Passenger Cars

> To: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 3:51 PM

> Trucks that match the T89 are easy to find, as they were the

> common type modeled earlier (Rivarossi, MDC, ConCor,

> etc...even Walthers did them). The problem will be finding

> trucks that fit where the Rapido ones were. (May turn out to

> be easy - I have not examined a car, but I know the Walthers

> line has a distinctive mounting system. Fortunately,

> Walthers makes two kinds of trucks and the mountings are

> alike).    Jim Nichols

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>   Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:55 AM

>   Subject: RE: Q on Rapido Passenger Cars

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> 

>   Jim & Dave;

>    

>   Thanks for the repsonses. Close as they are I am

> interested in continuing this pursuit. I may just end up

> getting undec and going from there. Dave, you mention the

> trucks, are there any commercial trucks that are available

> that match, or closely match that of the T89 truck that

> those cars rode on?

>    

>   Regards,

>   Russ Goodwin

>    

> 

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>   Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 04:06:27 -0500

> 

>      

>     I see that Rapido is offereing N&W Smoothside

> passenger cars of various type. I've seen other

> roadnames from Rapido, so I know the quality. I'm

> wondering how accurate they are to N&W? Color aside,

> which is always a hot topic with this group and with the PRR

> group, are teh cars done as a close-enough on prototype or a

> dead-on match, i.e. window arrangements and so-forth?

>      

>     I'm looking at getting some coaches for an NS

> excursion and business train.

>      

>     Regards,

>     Russ Goodwin

> 

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