12-21-2010, 08:50 AM
Gary;
I acquired two of these Athearn kits a few years ago. One a Golden Triangle (GTRA) IPD box and the other an NS. I've never assembled the NS - saving it for a rainy (snowy) day I guess (also wrong for my modeling era). They go together pretty well, but take some time. Then you are faced with trying to match the paint on the wire grab irons with the correct matching paint. Since both of the cars I have are your basic box car red - isn't a big problem. Other than that - they are pretty nice. Just not your typical Athearn BB/Roundhouse shake the box kits.
And speaking of "not shake the box kits", I've got a beautiful InterMountain cylindrical covered hopper that I've never attempted to assemble. All the grab irons and details must be separately applied and they are very delicate plastic parts! Maybe one day, I'll assemble that one, but with wire grab irons instead of the plastic. Used to think nothing about tackling a kit like this one, but now days get too nervous and shaky just looking at it!
I acquired two of these Athearn kits a few years ago. One a Golden Triangle (GTRA) IPD box and the other an NS. I've never assembled the NS - saving it for a rainy (snowy) day I guess (also wrong for my modeling era). They go together pretty well, but take some time. Then you are faced with trying to match the paint on the wire grab irons with the correct matching paint. Since both of the cars I have are your basic box car red - isn't a big problem. Other than that - they are pretty nice. Just not your typical Athearn BB/Roundhouse shake the box kits.
And speaking of "not shake the box kits", I've got a beautiful InterMountain cylindrical covered hopper that I've never attempted to assemble. All the grab irons and details must be separately applied and they are very delicate plastic parts! Maybe one day, I'll assemble that one, but with wire grab irons instead of the plastic. Used to think nothing about tackling a kit like this one, but now days get too nervous and shaky just looking at it!
Ed
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