06-10-2010, 09:21 AM
Andrew, you make a great point. I very much like Accurail rollingstock for the reason you mention. With my operational plan, the cars will be going back and forth between storage drawers and the layout, meaning they will be handled between operating sessions. Not good for the itty-bitty fragile details. The molded on detail on the Accurail cars still looks good, and isn't going to break off... although the thin stirrups do get broken on occasion.
Comparing Accurail boxcars to Athearn blue box boxcars, the Accurail doors and door tracks are much more "built to scale." On my athearn cars, I have been cutting off the oversized door tracks and replacing them with thin plastic strip, and replacing the doors too.
Comparing Accurail boxcars to Athearn blue box boxcars, the Accurail doors and door tracks are much more "built to scale." On my athearn cars, I have been cutting off the oversized door tracks and replacing them with thin plastic strip, and replacing the doors too.
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