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Atlas HO Evans 53' Double Plug Door Box Car
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Date of last review
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1
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Wed October 18, 2006
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100% of reviewers
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None indicated
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8.0
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Description:
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Features:
70-ton roller-bearing trucks
Blackened metal wheels
Two-piece underframe
Separate brake cylinder
Air reservoir
End platforms
AccuMateŽ couplers
Standard MSRP: $19.95
Undecorated MSRP: $16.95
Estimated Delivery: May 2006
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Author
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7009
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Review Date: Wed October 18, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Great detail, crisp paint & lettering
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Cons:
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Lacks etched brake platforms
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Excellent detail on this one, compairable with most Atlas models. The car comes with brake detail, and separate molded and installed ladders. Atlas says they come with blackened metal wheels, however mine does not have blacken metal wheels. However, it IS from a slightly older run, so they may have switched later on. The end platform detail is nice, but it is molded on, not a separate parts as in the Athearn Genesis cars. They are quite thick also, and the tack boards are lacking in detail. Even Athearn Blue box kits have more tack board detail then this car. Door latches are molded on, and being a plug door car, the doors do not open. Overall I have to rate this car an 8, due to the blrake platforms & tack boards.
To fully compair to a Genesis car, you'd have to add air line detail next to the coupler, remove the molded on latches, and brake platforms, and replace. Also, a Genesis car has the "rolling" roller berrings, where this has a more conventional solid side truck.
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Josh
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