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Athearn ready to roll cupola caboose ATSF 999633
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Description: This is the ready to roll model of the ATSF cupola caboose. It comes with metal wheel sets and McHenry knuckle couplers
Keywords: Caboose Santa fe Athearn
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Joe Daddy

C & SF, my obsession

Registered: October 2006
Location: Colorado
Posts: 421
Review Date: Fri January 5, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: Hefty weight, looks great, metal wheels, plastic windows good detail
Cons: Wheels are not blackened, they 'shine'

I have two of these cabeese, they are my favorites. I like the weight and the way they roll. They are the only cars I have with plactic couplers that are reliable! maybe it is because they are not pulling anything?


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Review Date: Tue September 9, 2008 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: $12.95 | Rating: 1 

 
Pros: Nice try, Athearn
Cons: Totally off scale. I have an Atlas cupola caboose and put it next to the Athearn. Athearn is too big and is off scale

Totally not HO scale. The caboose is too tall and the details are too large
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Boston, MA
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Review Date: Thu July 2, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: $12.95 | Rating: 2 

 
Pros: great detail
Cons: proportion/scale is off

I agree with the review above. The Athearn version, when next to the Atlas version, is noticably taller by about half an inch, and looks to be a tad larger than standard 1/87th scale.


I'll upload a comparison picture when I get around to it.

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