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$13.98
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8.0
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supersize
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7294
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Review Date: Sat October 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $13.98
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Ready to roll, crisp paint & lettering
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Cons:
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Slightly more expencive then the Blue Box kits
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I compairison to the Genesis PC&F car, they did good with the RTR line. The piant and lettering is just as crisp, all words being readable.
The car comes with the standard Athearn trucks, with plastic wheels & axles. Brake detail is molded on the underframe, not separate as in the Genesis line. The grab irons & brake platforms are also molded on.
The box car's doors are supposed to be openable, but upon trying to open them, I realized the paint has kind of sealed it shut, I'm sure with a little more force it would come undone, and open, but I do not want to damage it (quite yet...)
Also if note, this RTR car still uses the old style metal clip to hold the coupler in the box.
In all, I think the RTR line is nice, making it a shorter box-rail time for modelers, unless you're picky like me, I'll be replacing the wheels/axles with Kadee or Proto 2000, and the McHenry couplers with Sergent Engineering EC87's.
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Josh
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