12-07-2010, 11:28 PM
Squid ... how lucky for you that you never fell in love with the Reading Company's Wooten-fireboxed Camelbacks, or the distinct lines and details of Northern Pacific steam, as neither of these were really ever available except on rare occasion in brass, unless you wanted to embark on a lengthy scratch-bash program for each locomotive that you wanted on your roster!
Diesels make it so much easier as the basic unit was the same across the board, except for minor details like dynamic brakes or different fuel tank sizes or a chopped short hood or the like. For diesels, I can see your point. But to take a standard offering plastic USRA ten-wheeler and modify it to be a Reading "L" Class 4-6-0 will take you longer than an evening or two of adding detail parts!
Diesel guys have it so easy!
Diesels make it so much easier as the basic unit was the same across the board, except for minor details like dynamic brakes or different fuel tank sizes or a chopped short hood or the like. For diesels, I can see your point. But to take a standard offering plastic USRA ten-wheeler and modify it to be a Reading "L" Class 4-6-0 will take you longer than an evening or two of adding detail parts!
Diesel guys have it so easy!
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln