03-10-2014, 10:34 AM
they are proportionally inferior to the Athearn equivalents.
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Actually the BB locomotives and cars was pretty generic exception being some of the newer(the scale hood engines) releases like the SW1500,SW100,SD40-2,GP40-2 and the near generic GP50/60..The BB GP38-2 remains the best GP38-2 shell on the market.
Sadly Athearn has botch some paint schemes on the Genesis locomotives and the QA/QC is spotty at best and these are Athearn's top of the line.Their RTR has spotty QA/QC as well.
The good news is Athearn QA/QC issues is improving.
Here's a example of Athearn lagging QA/QC. Note the headlights.
Athearn did send free replacement handrails after I advised them of the problem..
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Actually the BB locomotives and cars was pretty generic exception being some of the newer(the scale hood engines) releases like the SW1500,SW100,SD40-2,GP40-2 and the near generic GP50/60..The BB GP38-2 remains the best GP38-2 shell on the market.
Sadly Athearn has botch some paint schemes on the Genesis locomotives and the QA/QC is spotty at best and these are Athearn's top of the line.Their RTR has spotty QA/QC as well.
The good news is Athearn QA/QC issues is improving.
Here's a example of Athearn lagging QA/QC. Note the headlights.
Athearn did send free replacement handrails after I advised them of the problem..
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!