Moin,
Der Monon war der letzte von MDC produzierte Hopper, die Werkzeuge hat Piko.
Auf den Packungen stand nie 1/32, sondern G .
Alle Wagen von MDC sind out of Scale, ähnlich LGB.
Egal ob Hopper, Boxcar, Ore oder Reefer.
Sie bilden aber eine gute Basis und sind sehr preiswert.
Aber niemals ein Kaufargument für 1/32.
Alle Produkte in 1/29 sind in Punkto Maßstab überlegen.
Vor drei Jahren gab es im MLS in Punkto 1/32 sehr interessante Infos von Leuten
welche sich auch mit MDC beschäftigt haben.
Hier ein Auszug:
I just reread my first post on this topic and made a misleading statement in regard to the MDC box car. I said "oversized". They have the wrong prpoportions; too short, too wide, a little too high as delivered with an unmodified underframe and truck mounting. The sides of the reefer are much too high. The hopper is just oversized in every dimension. For the hoppers, it becomes very apparent if you put them next to an Eastern Rys brass model. Running behind the Mike or Berk you would not notice unless you have "calibrated" eyeballs.
Und:
The MDC boxcars are based on the 1937 AAR design (same as the new Accucraft cars, naturally), and their main problem in terms of dimensions is the length, they're about 3 1/2 scale feet too short. The body height is just about perfect, and the width is ok give or take a couple inches. The overall height suffers because of the oversized wheels, which scale out to about 39" instead of 33" on the prototype. The reefers apparently used the same basic mold as the boxcars, just with different side details. The ends, floor (inside and out), and overall dimensions are identical. Although this makes for an overly tall reefer, it actually worked in my favor for lengthening my boxcars because of the wider panel spacing on the reefer sides. The MDC boxcars have the right number of side panels (for a 10-panel car), but they're compressed to fit the shorter length. The wider spacing of the panels on the reefers is pretty close to what the boxcars should be, so my lengthened boxcars are actually reefer bodies with boxcar door sections grafted in. The roof panels, on the other hand, are just about the right size but there's one fewer than there should be. That makes stretching the roof a simple matter of lengthening it by one panel.
The ore cars are another one where the oversized wheels are a problem, making the car too tall. They're also about 2 scale feet too long, presumably stretched to fit the stock MDC trucks which are too long for these cars in addition to the oversized wheels. The real cars are 24 feet overall to match the spacing of the pockets on the ore docks, which are also spaced to match the hatches on the ore boats. The trucks should have a 5-foot wheelbase, the MDC trucks are about 5'10". There's not a whole lot to be done about the overall length, unfortunately, since the streching seems to have been done in the sloped areas rather than the midsection. However, 5-foot wheelbase trucks from Ozark and Accucraft 33" wheels really help the appearance of these cars and make for a nice heavy train too. Body-mount Kadees are also a must for these cars for prototypical close-coupling.
Man braucht nicht alles verstehen aber hilft ungemein
, hat man doch immer den direkten Vergleich vor der Nase.
Freitag, 19. April 2024, 01:11
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