Re: Des Plaines Gunderson Huskies
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From: Bill Hawk via groups.io <archhawk@...>
I can add that this ¡°3 car kit¡± does not and did not have draw bars or any indication of making a decision to use draw bars. All cars have 2 trucks and two coupler pockets.
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That's interesting because the instructions, a copy of which you attach, begins with a parts last that includes part "300-15 Two drawbars."
But it's no big deal,??You're doing what I and many of us would do with this kit??--??making three stand-alone cars.
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The instructions do however make mention of the ¡°C¡± car, which would be in the middle, between the A and the B in a modern prototypical 3-well set where the A-C and C-B share a truck for a total of 4 trucks. . . . . . . . . .
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What you are describing there is not a 3-unit draw-bar connected car but rather a 3-unit articulated car. That is an entirely different car with, as you say, a shared truck between units.?? In the real world, I think those are more common than stand-alone cars.??An articulated car with three units will usually have 53 foot wells, and a car with five units will have 40 foot wells.??(If there are any exceptions to that rule, they're rare.)
An S scale double-stack 3-unit articulated car has been promised by Des Plaines Hobbies.??But I wouldn't count on it any time soon.
When you start thinking about containers for these cars. here's a suggestion.??Go to and download what ever you want in HO.??They are not too expensive.??Put the digital HO files on a thumb drive, take it to Kinkos or any good print shop, and ask to have them printed at 136%.??
tom Hawley??--??Lansing Michigan
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