jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7009
|
|
Review Date: Tue September 16, 2008
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $55.00
| Rating: 8
|
|
Pros:
|
Great value, first on the market, Rolls smooth, decent paint
|
|
Cons:
|
WEIRD trucks, no etched walkways, tad light
|
|
I'm slightly impressed, though glad I did not pay $80!
1. Weight is half that of the the recommendations in NMRA RP-20.1
-A unit weight: 2.9oz
-B unit weight: 3.3oz
-C (intermediate) 2.7oz
End cars per RP-20.1: 5.5oz (~9")
Intermediate: 5oz (~8")
2. Pad printing around 125T black ends its iffy, especially around the lip created by the end of the cross member.
3. WEIRD trucks!!! The end trucks rotate off center (photos later today), and all are press fit, friction pin, along the lines of the old Life-like, Tyco, Backmann, AHM, ect, cars.
4. What happened to detail? Sadly no etched walkways. This would be fine if these were the only Maxi-IV's, but those IM cars are going to have etched walkways, for the same price.
5. Pivot detail is AWESOME, though I am a tad worried about the small size of the kingpin. Looks much better then any Athearn offering. Has a nice securing mechanism.
6. First Maxi-IV on the market, though I have a feeling the similar prices, and better detailed (supposedly) InterMountain car will steal the show here shortly.
7. Instructions very lacking, exclusive to coupling/uncoupling the cars, loading Kato containers, and installing the coupler trip pin.
8. Well sides are metal, the thin cross members in the bottom of the well are plastic. Grabs & uprights are plastic, and so are the walkways.
In all, good buy when paying less then ~$65, if you paid the full $80, you should have waited for the IM cars.
------------------------------
Josh
|
|
ModelRailroadForums.com
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
