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 Posted - March 02 2009 : 3:04:57 PM
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I have found following kits, they are coming witout trucks but i think there are parts missing!
only wood! is this posible ?
looks also a little bit empty!
I dont know this kits and i need a experts opinion, many thanks for your help - Erich
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 3:23:30 PM
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good day erich all my ambroids came with trucks and metal parts in bag,ken
check this link it might help
http://www.hoseeker.org/otherhotrains4.html
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/185529245_o.jpg
Edited by - catfordken on March 02 2009 3:45:22 PM
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 3:41:06 PM
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It may depend on the kit. I know lots of craftsman kits were (and still are) sold without trucks.
And yes, all-wood is correct. Maybe an included decal sheet at best; paint and further detailing was left to the builder. They were meant to be challenging kits using old-school materials and techniques. For a long time they were also the only way to get certain unique or rare prototypes.
The modern equivalent to these would be the cast resin kits currently made by a variety of sources. But even those do not include trucks and decals sometimes.
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 3:54:22 PM
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Got me this from Ebay. has also wooden parts and die cast, came also without trucks. looks a little bit differtent (more parts) than the boxes I first posted!
many greetings - Erich
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 3:57:37 PM
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bottom right of link ken
http://www.hoseeker.org/otherhotrains3.html
ps would be helpful if you put the details that are end of boxes to define more clearly in research
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:17:03 PM
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KEN : I have the silvestreak kit already!
The way it was presented on Ebay let me know that all parts are included! so it was!
The other kits (i was thinking to buy them) sugests me parts could be missing! - erich
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:20:11 PM
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the trucks are the weak part of these kits,for some reason they break up with age ,and are easy to replace,the other metal parts do not in most,but if other parts like ends or detail parts are missing not so easy to replace ken
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