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daniel_leavitt2000

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Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« on: September 08, 2024, 10:49:38 PM »
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Wow these are just gorgeous. The deck is especially well done. It's painted (not wood), but so well simulated that I don't think I could improve on it in any way.

The car sits low. It rolls well and the painting is great. Some end parts are add-on, but that does not bother me. The 70t ASF roller bearing trucks are new. They are offset like traditional MTL trucks but not under-slung like BLMA parts. The weels are new. They may be 28" but I have to look closer. They have a good profile but are not quite as delicate looking as FVM or BLMA fine scale wheels.

Really nice MTL!
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2024, 11:13:13 PM »
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I just got mine this weekend too! Super nice cars.

Like all of the MTL direct printed stuff it looks outstanding, but they really benefit from a coat of mat varnish to kill the shine. It makes all of the difference.

Got some couplers installed; MTL stuff is top quality so everything is a perfect fit and heights are spot on.


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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2024, 12:26:43 AM »
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Quote from: turbowhiz on September 08, 2024, 11:13:13 PM
I just got mine this weekend too! Super nice cars.

Got some couplers installed; MTL stuff is top quality so everything is a perfect fit and heights are spot on.

Are you changing couplers on a"Super nice car" ?   If so why?
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2024, 12:49:26 AM »
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Quote from: eja on September 09, 2024, 12:26:43 AM
Are you changing couplers on a"Super nice car" ?   If so why?

Because he manufactures the best couplers ever made in N scale.

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54237.msg804695#msg804695


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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2024, 12:54:12 AM »
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Quote from: daniel_leavitt2000 on September 08, 2024, 10:49:38 PM
The 70t ASF roller bearing trucks are new. They are offset like traditional MTL trucks but not under-slung like BLMA parts.

Really nice MTL!

The 70ton asf truck has been around for a little while. I think it was first introduced on the Great Northern PS-2 release.

https://modelrailroadnews.com/classic-covered-hopper-micro-trains-lines-all-new-ps-2-two-bay/
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2024, 01:00:55 AM »
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I received mine last week too.  MTL did a superb jobs with them!!  Between these and the NSC TBOX's, they have my full attention again. (It feels like the 1970s again, when Kadee introduced their first N scale box car).

Not sure how much longer I can stand to see Andrew taunt us with his coupler photos though... ;)
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2024, 09:29:28 AM »
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Can't wait for them to do Trailer Train.   I'm sure we'll get a Christmas version next, then they'll sit on the tooling for 18 months.   :trollface:   (Just a joke, sort of...)   ;)
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2024, 11:49:40 AM »
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Quote from: Rivet Miscounter on September 09, 2024, 09:29:28 AM
Can't wait for them to do Trailer Train.   I'm sure we'll get a Christmas version next, then they'll sit on the tooling for 18 months.   :trollface:   (Just a joke, sort of...)   ;)
   24 months for you... :)   

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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2024, 01:11:13 PM »
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Quote from: Gozer the Gozerian on September 09, 2024, 11:49:40 AM
   24 months for you... :)   

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Doh!   Well, guess I deserve that.   And a downvote too...    :P  :D

Edit:  I do actually want the yellow Trailer Train version, that part wasn't a joke.
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2024, 03:51:50 PM »
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I did not expect these to be so popular. What do real railroad hall on them?
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2024, 04:01:51 PM »
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Quote from: basementcalling on September 09, 2024, 03:51:50 PM
I did not expect these to be so popular. What do real railroad hall on them?

Anything that won't fit in a boxcar or gondola.
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2024, 07:32:44 AM »
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I use the cars for military load
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2024, 10:01:11 AM »
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Quote from: dem34 on September 09, 2024, 04:01:51 PM
Anything that won't fit in a boxcar or gondola.

Or nothing at all: I fully intend to assign them as idler flats.
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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2024, 10:56:06 AM »
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Today, most OTTX/HTTX/TPAX 60' flats are in large machinery service, idler service, and military service on occasion. The parallel tie down rails along the deck make these perfect for loads like that.

Locomotive trucks for export.
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=98053

Tractor tires for export (mixed into a large cut of tractor loads).
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=105395

JD Combine
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=135786

JD Tractors
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=142578

CASE Loaders
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=32370

Idler for a Steel I-Beam Load
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=111570

TPAX remarked cars in Military service.
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=128002
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=127820
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=128003

My understanding from the TTX History books was the reporting marks (HTTX, OTTX) were indicators of the size chains and tiedowns carried on the cars, with TPAX becoming a more "universal size".

I recently photographed a TPAX (ex HTTX) in fresh TTX paint.
https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=145117

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Re: Finally got my MTL 60' flat
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2024, 11:26:54 AM »
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My own photo of OTTX 97366 in idler service on the CN Halton Sub Oct 9, 2021. Perfect match for the MTL car, almost to the number.


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