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MiniArt: Railroad Wheels
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 - 11:04 AM UTC


Soon, from MiniArt's Buildings and Accessories series, is a set of European railroad wheels.

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KoSprueOne
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 - 11:50 AM UTC
Yes, I will be purchasing this kit. 12 of these and 12 of those...




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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 - 01:25 PM UTC
Very high on my purchase list too. Great for backdating the Sabre and Thunder kits.

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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 - 02:25 PM UTC
Possibilities abound. If not in 1/35 then certainly in 1/48.


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RAILROAD MODELING
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 - 04:22 PM UTC
Will MiniArt ever stop surprising us with wonderful subjects like this???? I hope not! This is great.
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Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 04:38 AM UTC
Robert (as you know) those larger CCKW conversion wheels are/were available in resin. - They might still be found occasionally on e-Bay. - Just say'n
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Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 10:35 AM UTC
Another really useful -and highly unexpected- offering from the fertile minds at MiniArt!
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Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 11:45 AM UTC

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Possibilities abound. If not in 1/35 then certainly in 1/48.



The rail wheels of road vehicles have nothing in common with the wheels of the rail cars or locomotives, save the both are rolling on tracks.
However, this set will be useful for the scratchbuilders. Probably some day it will come to them to launch also a set of brakes for these?
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Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 12:21 PM UTC
Or course they don't. You can clearly see in the one photo how the outer wheel bolts onto to the standard truck wheel. Fortunately for some we work in materials that are easily converted to suit our needs.

Mike, I was aware of that, but for some reason lots of folks seem to dislike working with resin. I figured a set in plastic might get their creative juices flowing. I myself have no interest in doing such a project. At least not until I finish about 300 others first.
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