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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2019 3:15:34 GMT -5
No more manufactured, Mr. Claudino closed his company ...
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Post by markm on May 12, 2019 6:39:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. I'm glad Mr. Claudino has retired gracefully rather than just disappearing. It's unfortunate that he wasn't able to find someone to continue his fine line of track cleaners. I guess this means that my current roster of cleaning cars have become "rare" and valuable on the bay.
This is the problem with the hobby, and interest in trains in general: we're all getting old and we're just not generating interest in successive generations. Last night here in Ogden, we had closing banquet of over 750 members from four railroad historical societies with members coming from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. The question was asked: "how many people are under 40?" Only 5 or 6 hands went up.
The same is true in modeling. A story a while back from the NMRA has the average and median age of members to be 65 and 67 respectively. And I have to admit I'm getting close to average. We really need to get younger people involved, not just in the hobby, but continuing and improving the products and ideas of the likes of Aztec, Micron Art or Town Builders as well as developing their own.
Sorry for getting up on the soapbox.
Mark
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Post by domi on May 13, 2019 17:23:01 GMT -5
Hopefully someone will show up who will run these molds again... Dom
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Post by Rob Albritton on May 13, 2019 18:47:46 GMT -5
Hopefully someone will show up who will run these molds again... Dom No molds. It was a machined piece that used MTL trucks, couples and a boxcar body. There was a brass roller surrounded by an abrasive material. The roller was about one degree offset from the track. Not enough to prevent it from rolling smoothly, but enough to cause a very mild abrasive effect. Quite brilliant. The machined body also held a magnet to remove metallic debris, but I never found that especially impactful to track operation. I don’t know if there is a patent on the technology, but this would be an excellent cottage industry project. Probably not enough sales volume for AZL. There is also the system Jörger track cleaning car sold by Marklin a few years back. It does a good job too, but completely different technique. Enjoy Rob(A)
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Post by domi on May 14, 2019 2:43:05 GMT -5
Hopefully someone will show up who will run these molds again... Dom No molds. It was a machined piece that used MTL trucks, couples and a boxcar body. There was a brass roller surrounded by an abrasive material. The roller was about one degree offset from the track. Not enough to prevent it from rolling smoothly, but enough to cause a very mild abrasive effect. Quite brilliant. The machined body also held a magnet to remove metallic debris, but I never found that especially impactful to track operation. I don’t know if there is a patent on the technology, but this would be an excellent cottage industry project. Probably not enough sales volume for AZL. There is also the system Jörger track cleaning car sold by Marklin a few years back. It does a good job too, but completely different technique. Enjoy Rob(A) I know, Rob, I have ne of these Aztectrains cars and I’m very happy of how it works... I just hope I won’t need any spare part in the future, because now we are naked with this stuff... Dom
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Post by Rob Albritton on May 14, 2019 6:12:43 GMT -5
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Post by domi on May 14, 2019 10:12:48 GMT -5
Good point. Thank you Rob. Dom
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