03-03-2012, 04:19 PM
Those are my two Bachmann Rio Grande in the shop (I ordered a second one after the first one run so well). I could not find any SP Geeps with bloody nose. Looks like only very old Athearn blue box have been made. That was the trigger to give the Bachmann Geeps a try.
Bachmann was thrifty with glue. Everything could be disassembled without doing serious damage. The handrails at the steps need to pushed from the back. They break if you pull them out of the hole. How do I know.....
The long weight under the PCB is also the upper support for the trucks. It is quite different from P2K, Atlas, Athearn etc. It can not be removed / cut off easy to do a chopped nose version. That would need some more investigation.
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Bachmann was thrifty with glue. Everything could be disassembled without doing serious damage. The handrails at the steps need to pushed from the back. They break if you pull them out of the hole. How do I know.....
The long weight under the PCB is also the upper support for the trucks. It is quite different from P2K, Atlas, Athearn etc. It can not be removed / cut off easy to do a chopped nose version. That would need some more investigation.
Reinhard