The Budd trucks is a good idea; they are a sideframe found on a lot of the later postwar Budd cars. There are a lot of detail differences between these and the A-M sideframes, both sprung and not; a discussion of that may beyond the scope of most of our preferences for now. Dave Engle
--- On Thu, 4/11/13, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: /AM trucks To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 9:52 AM This is starting to remind me of the early 60's when Robert Miller stopped making wheels and we all ran out of wheels! Maybe it's time for DesPlains to do a run of the former Budd Buddies trucks! If made in metal they would be great and in plastic they are pretty good too. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 4/11/13 8:56 AM, adguytrains wrote: Dave...Yes. Ron still has some in stock. Bob Hogan --- In [email protected], David Engle <rirocket@...> wrote: > > Are the equalized-only trucks from the original P-S runs still available. > > Dave Engle > > --- On Wed, 4/10/13, Ed <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > > Butch... > > > > FYI, American Models is totally out of the scale sprung passenger car > > trucks and has been for 6 months. Ron told me he couldn't locate the truck > > dies after AM's containers were returned from China. He went ahead and > > spent $10K on new dies but will not answer my question about when they will > > actually be available again. I have 10 pair on order for a project and > > would bet there are many others out there in the same situation. Thus, > > don't hold your breath waiting for the AM trucks through Bob M. They simply > > do not exist, so he can't fill the order. If you paid Bob for them, I'd > > send him the invoice and copies of your payment for a refund. I'll post any > > new info on these trucks as Ron provides it to me. > > > > Bob Hogan > > >
