Lack of support for Walthers & Proto locos
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:47 pm
I have a SD-50 Athearn RTR and a Walthers Proto U28B . I just wanted to find a radiator fan for the 50 ,a get a sound weight for the 28..
yet neither site provides a parts list,or a DIAGRAM of the locomotives, Does that require so much bandwidth that it would cause financial ruin? We lose things like paperwork. I have time to do a few projects and thought this would be simple, find the part get the number and start looking. BUT without the diagram to see the locomotive parts needed to upgrade to sound, Replace the weight, and Order a fan. It's a dead end.. I search the World Wide Web and found diagrams for older Athearn & Proto all on one site but none for later engines, are they trade secrets we can't see? Copyright issues? I know it's a RTR world but sometimes it's fun to play blacksmith and upgrade a locomotive, or fix a lost part rather than scrap it and buy a new one.
Has anybody found a secret site for this info? Thanks dave j
yet neither site provides a parts list,or a DIAGRAM of the locomotives, Does that require so much bandwidth that it would cause financial ruin? We lose things like paperwork. I have time to do a few projects and thought this would be simple, find the part get the number and start looking. BUT without the diagram to see the locomotive parts needed to upgrade to sound, Replace the weight, and Order a fan. It's a dead end.. I search the World Wide Web and found diagrams for older Athearn & Proto all on one site but none for later engines, are they trade secrets we can't see? Copyright issues? I know it's a RTR world but sometimes it's fun to play blacksmith and upgrade a locomotive, or fix a lost part rather than scrap it and buy a new one.
Has anybody found a secret site for this info? Thanks dave j
