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Railflyer Model Prototypes DP-1082 EMD Step Wells, Dash 2 Late, Low Middle Step
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Date of last review
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Thu May 31, 2007
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100% of reviewers
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$18.99
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10.0
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Description:
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This photo-etched metal kit represents the later style of step applied to the General Purpose series of locomotives built by EMD. This step well could be found on the GP38-2, GP40-2, GP40X and up until the later GP60 production.
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Keywords:
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detail parts step wells railflyer brass emd
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Hawkeye251
Conductor
Registered: May 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 168
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Review Date: Tue May 29, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $18.99
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Exactly to scale, very strong once assembled.
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Cons:
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Makes the rest of the model look like crap.
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I bought these step wells for my UP GP40-2 #1445 project. (http://people.umass.edu/cslemp). I had originally planned to simulate these steps using styrene and a set of Cannon GP60 steps, but these step wells are much better looking and were far easier than bashing something together would have been.
This kit is etched from a thin sheet of brass, the parts are clean, and require nothing more than trimming from the sprue and a little filing to get them ready. A decent pair of flat, needlenose pliers work well to bend the parts. I assembled mine using CA, which worked fine, though solder would work as well. The only thing I found particularly tedious was attaching the steps, though halfway through I figured out that a small drop of CA gel will hold the step in place well enough to brush on a bit of liquid CA to seal the joint.
I like this product as well as the general direction that RFMP is going in with all it's detail parts. Finally we model railroaders will be able to build true-scale models, just like our military modeling counterparts.
This product alone would get an 8 or a 9, I chose to give it a 10, because Christopher does an absolutely amazing job of letting his customers know exactly what is going on with the company, it's parts, and individual orders, you don't even need to ask. This is something I've never seen before from any company I've done business with, Model Railroad related or not.
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RCH
Engineer
Registered: August 2004
Location: Fort Worth, Texas area
Posts: 670
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Review Date: Thu May 31, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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I like your "con" for this product - so true!
PS, not your model, any model.
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