both product lines from cast metal to wooden wheels (with aluminum hubs). Moving to wooden wheels is a significant step in upping the authenticity of our Guns of History and Model Trailways kits!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
If you've purchased a Guns of History or Model Trailways kit recently, you may have noticed that we are in the middle of transitioning
both product lines from cast metal to wooden wheels (with aluminum hubs). Moving to wooden wheels is a significant step in upping the authenticity of our Guns of History and Model Trailways kits!
both product lines from cast metal to wooden wheels (with aluminum hubs). Moving to wooden wheels is a significant step in upping the authenticity of our Guns of History and Model Trailways kits!
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Will we be able to purchase the wheels separately for those of us that have the older kits with the metal wheels?
ReplyDelete@James - We are looking into offering this as an additional product offering - stay tuned to our emails and this blog for the availability announcement!
ReplyDeleteHaving built field artillery with the cast wheels, it will be a new adventure builting the more authentic wooden wheels. The next step would seem to be replacing the aluminum hubs with lathe turned wooden hubs and hand made bands. I actually have wheel parts from a previous attempt to hand build a set.
ReplyDeleteI love the detail of my newly received Conestoga wagon and Concord stage coach. I've decided to build the wagon first as it is a bit simpler.
@DB Henry - we're glad you are enjoying the new kits! We hope that you will continue to build your collection with our Doc Buggy and maybe even a few Civil War cannon!
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