Cravens Coaches

[StevieB]

Does anyone know why MM have fitted their Cravens coaches with undersize 10mm dis wheels instead of the correct 12mm dia? I can see no reason why the 12mm dia would not work. Admittedly it would make the coach sit 1mm higher, but then there were always variations with the prototype.

Stephen

[Mayner]

Possibly the manufacturers used HO wheel sets to keep the tooling costs down. Would make sense if the manufacturer also produces passenger cars for the US market and explain the problems reported with the coupler dropper bars being too low.

Edited May 6, 2014 by Mayner

[aclass007]

Has anyone replaced the 10mm wheels on their Cravens with 12mm?

[Killucan2]

Mk2s same,it's like having a nice car with 16 alloys but should be 17s always said they were to small,have put Lima axels under mk2s and they look better.