01-01-2013, 10:56 AM
You're correct as far as Korean brass goes. PFM brass from Japan was to an altogether different standard. They began bringing in Korean brass in their last years, and this wasn't as good -- but as far as running and assembly quality, PFM Japanese stuff from the early 1970s was about as good as brass could get. There are other issues -- they would often split the difference in detailing steam locos for specific prototypes and get something that they may have thought would please everyone but didn't quite match any specific loco. So you still had to do some redetailing.
What interests me is that Spectrum has in fact changed details on its USRA light 2-10-2s to match specific prototypes. PFM never did this -- their USRA locos were always generic.
What interests me is that Spectrum has in fact changed details on its USRA light 2-10-2s to match specific prototypes. PFM never did this -- their USRA locos were always generic.