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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 19, 2023 17:11:20 GMT -5
“AZL Galactic headquarters”? I thought command central was in Hawaii. It's sort of a floating party - wanders from place to place. Those of good cheer are welcome, the grumpy shall be asked to separate.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 17, 2023 14:35:45 GMT -5
We are waiting on a delivery from AZL Galactic headquarters to arrive. It should be here today. Once it arrives, we will get the items photographed, counted, and sent over to be added to the sites. Look for an announcement this weekend. True. I’m the reason for the minor delay.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 6, 2023 21:43:45 GMT -5
30 days? Well locomotives are in transit to the US after we made some modifications. But before any release, Rob Kluz and his wonderful team in Ohio will do thorough testing. Fingers Crossed! I'm just going to let this one go. It's better for my mental health. But I can say this: I've just finished testing a ton of samples, and the SD40-2 looks like one of our best locomotives ever. Hans did a great job with it. To use a Baseball analogy: I was just the closing pitcher to get it over the finish line. It was a team win. Fingers crossed Indeed!
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 6, 2023 21:39:24 GMT -5
I somehow managed to burn out a motor on one of my AZL P42s. I looked for replacement parts, but only found the 7.5mm replacement. The motor I pulled out of the P42 is 6.9mm, so I don't think it'll be a good fit. So, I'm wondering if it would actually fit the P42, or will I need a different one. If so, how do I get motors for other locos that use a non-7.5mm motor? Please contact your dealer or Rob Kluz at Ztrack as we do have replacements available
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 2, 2023 20:03:24 GMT -5
Hello: I am new to this and am making a fairly simple Z-scale layout. What is the "standard"/"usual"/"etc." minimum distance between two parallel straight tracks? What is the "standard"/"usual"/"etc." minimum distance between two curved tracks? Thanks, Brian (bxley) 25.4 mm (millimeters) = 1 inch So basically the standard separation is one inch.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 23, 2023 17:34:12 GMT -5
Finally! We will receive production samples next week. Hope for production in November and first delivery in December. (I said hope ) Not so fast there, Mr. Riddervold! After inspecting the samples, the factory needs to make a few adjustments. I expect a 30-day delay.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 22, 2023 12:05:54 GMT -5
Hi Rob, How soon will these be available? I will be interested in trying both styles. Thanks, Mark Rob Kluz has them now.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 22, 2023 11:12:33 GMT -5
That’s no coincidence! We designed our coupler pocket to be easily adaptable to MTL couplers. 😁
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 10, 2023 9:01:52 GMT -5
And as I always.. I will be accepting bribes... That’s fine so long as the “house” gets it usual cut.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 8, 2023 21:17:23 GMT -5
Question for Hans and Rob(s), Will AZL eventually make 1960 - 70's 40' piggyback trailers and 85' flat cars? There's a ton on content and possibilities out there. Thank You It's a project that I would really like to do, but right now, it depends on sales of the existing piggyback products (spine cars.) I have no doubt that you and some others here on the forum are interested - and that's great! - but we need some more time to see if the market will support another trailer product.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Oct 2, 2023 20:43:03 GMT -5
Maybe AZL could/shold do some type of pre-order so they can gauge interest and produce enough to fill demand. Just venting!! If the demand is there, then we will make more.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Sept 30, 2023 9:32:37 GMT -5
Yes! We're seeing what is possible at this phase of production.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Sept 24, 2023 6:12:18 GMT -5
Scott Better yet If someone at AZL would just maybe find out if they could produce some new shells . Like different road names ex “B&O shell with C&O engine combo .”. They could dump a lot of there GP 7’s and GP 9’s that probably has an inch of dust on them and put money back into kitty for future loco’s as long as it’s not another passenger train set . 🙄😵😆 The C&O engines I have are great little loco’s. I’d pay $30 to $40 for shell added to new GP 7 or 9. Bob That’s no longer possible as we believe that the GP7/9 tooling was trashed by a factory that we no longer use.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Sept 20, 2023 17:39:26 GMT -5
These Frisco E8's are totally eye catching. Now if we only had some matching passenger cars for them to pull (hint, hint). Meteor or Texas Special anyone? Maybe a special limited edition like with the Pere Marquette you released earlier? I looked at it, but unfortunately the Frisco and MKT all used partially fluted sides on their cars - most of ours are smooth sided.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Sept 19, 2023 14:59:50 GMT -5
I guess this question is for anyone that has an opinion: Why does AZL make products with such great attention to detail, but include Rokuhan track in their starter sets? No offense to Rokuhan, but their track does not even look remotely close to American prototype. I would go a step further and say that the majority of Rokuhan's products are "toy like," and not "model like." Having completely unrealistic track seems like a major compromise for people (AZL, and their customers) that are obsessed with "correct" road numbers that you need a magnifying glass to even see? So this is about who does what. Hans and I are the partners behind AZL (and it is a great partnership!) Rob Kluz owns the Ztrack empire. We (AZL) contract with ZTrack distribution to distribute our products. ZTrack also distributes Rokuhan products in the USA. The starter sets are a bundle from ZTrack Does that make sense? 😀
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