01-23-2009, 01:59 PM
A couple days ago, I picked up a LL P2K Mather stock car kit from my LHS for $5. It apparently dates from around 1996...due to the lack of knuckle couplers and the flyer about the 1997 50' Mather stock car kitbash challenge.
It looks like a fairly simple kit to build, but the grab irons look oversized. I seem to think that Dr. Wayne dealt with this issue at one point, but I can't find the pictures. I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra effort to use 0.008" brass wire in place of the styrene grab irons. I usually am not very picky about my HO rolling stock (weathered Athearn Blue Box has long been fine with me). It was purely an impulse buy.
Have most of you found it worthwhile to YOU to replace the grab irons on this car?
It looks like a fairly simple kit to build, but the grab irons look oversized. I seem to think that Dr. Wayne dealt with this issue at one point, but I can't find the pictures. I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra effort to use 0.008" brass wire in place of the styrene grab irons. I usually am not very picky about my HO rolling stock (weathered Athearn Blue Box has long been fine with me). It was purely an impulse buy.
Have most of you found it worthwhile to YOU to replace the grab irons on this car?
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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