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 Posted - February 17 2014 : 10:23:38 PM
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   Long Island RR Greenport local
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 09:17:43 AM
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My SOTW:
A HObbyline diesel locomotive set... I have to figure out what it is missing and make it complete.
1955 HObbyline Catalog page 3:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 10:35:07 AM
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| 2 lovely sets,love em both,ken
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 7:16:09 PM
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My SOTW? Well, I'll have to say my first train set because it's the one that got me into model trains in 2004 so this one is important to me. Here it is!
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:08:43 PM
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Nice set kovacs! Especially for a starter set - looks to be great quality. Wouldn't mine having one of those myself
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:54:52 PM
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quote:Nice set kovacs! Especially for a starter set - looks to be great quality. Wouldn't mine having one of those myself
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 19 2014Â :Â 10:08:43 PM
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It is! I got this set 10 years ago and the engine still works as well as it did when I first got it and I haven't cleaned it or anything! Not only did this set get me into model railroading, it also made me become quite fond of Athearn.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 01:44:03 AM
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      Southern Pacific Daylights
Edited by - wks on February 20 2014 02:47:13 AM
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 7:58:32 PM
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quote: quote:Nice set kovacs! Especially for a starter set - looks to be great quality. Wouldn't mine having one of those myself
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 19 2014Â :Â 10:08:43 PM
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It is! I got this set 10 years ago and the engine still works as well as it did when I first got it and I haven't cleaned it or anything!Not only did this set get me into model railroading, it also made me become quite fond of Athearn.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 19 2014Â :Â 10:54:52 PM
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Yep, that's Athearn for you. That's really just an old Blue Box drive in that F-unit, and those mechanisms can pretty much survive a nuclear holocaust. I found an athearn PA-1 once in a scrap bin for $5 for parts, missing the pilot, all the steps, a horn, a numberboard, and both couplers... truck sideframes were pretty scraped up... never got an ounce of maintenance in its life... but that drive ran like brand new when I put it on the track!
Those freight cars should prove to be completely indestructible too. They, also, are reissues of the same BB toolings everyone's known for decades. Okay, I don't mean indestructible as in unbreakable, I mean as in impossible to break so that you can't get them running again. I spent a couple hours the other day fixing up an old Centerflow which fell 20 feet onto a hardwood floor... whole thing split in half THE WRONG WAY (like, bend it so the trucks are touching each other)  ... both truck kingpins broken off (normally a death sentence)... now, as soon as I can find another pair of trucks, it's all set to run again like nothing ever happened.
Basically, you cannot kill an Athearn train, period, and that's why they're awesome and I'm still mad they dropped blue box a few years back. And now since I'm sure most of you have already heard me rant about that before, I'll be quiet. You got a cool set. Enjoy your Athearns!
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 9:09:53 PM
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quote: quote: quote:Nice set kovacs! Especially for a starter set - looks to be great quality. Wouldn't mine having one of those myself
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 19 2014Â :Â 10:08:43 PM
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It is! I got this set 10 years ago and the engine still works as well as it did when I first got it and I haven't cleaned it or anything!Not only did this set get me into model railroading, it also made me become quite fond of Athearn.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 19 2014Â :Â 10:54:52 PM
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Yep, that's Athearn for you. That's really just an old Blue Box drive in that F-unit, and those mechanisms can pretty much survive a nuclear holocaust. I found an athearn PA-1 once in a scrap bin for $5 for parts, missing the pilot, all the steps, a horn, a numberboard, and both couplers... truck sideframes were pretty scraped up... never got an ounce of maintenance in its life... but that drive ran like brand new when I put it on the track!
Those freight cars should prove to be completely indestructible too. They, also, are reissues of the same BB toolings everyone's known for decades. Okay, I don't mean indestructible as in unbreakable, I mean as in impossible to break so that you can't get them running again. I spent a couple hours the other day fixing up an old Centerflow which fell 20 feet onto a hardwood floor... whole thing split in half THE WRONG WAY (like, bend it so the trucks are touching each other) ... both truck kingpins broken off (normally a death sentence)... now, as soon as I can find another pair of trucks, it's all set to run again like nothing ever happened.
Basically, you cannot kill an Athearn train, period, and that's why they're awesome and I'm still mad they dropped blue box a few years back. And now since I'm sure most of you have already heard me rant about that before, I'll be quiet. You got a cool set. Enjoy your Athearns!
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â February 20 2014Â :Â 7:58:32 PM
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This is exactly why I liked Athearn the second I got this engine running on my then new layout in 2004. Athearn rocks, period.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 12:10:36 AM
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Now THAT is how you make a starter set. As rugged and reliable as HO gets. I'm also really digging the funky red sneakers on the gon. 
I checked Athearn's site, but they don't have any sets currently available. That's a real oversight, IMHO. And Walthers should drop the tooling for the old Life-Like pancake drives in a volcano somewhere and put together some real starter sets, maybe with simplified P1K equipment. At least Bachmann has some decent sets now.
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 10:04:32 AM
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quote:Now THAT is how you make a starter set. As rugged and reliable as HO gets. I'm also really digging the funky red sneakers on the gon.
I checked Athearn's site, but they don't have any sets currently available. That's a real oversight, IMHO. And Walthers should drop the tooling for the old Life-Like pancake drives in a volcano somewhere and put together some real starter sets, maybe with simplified P1K equipment. At least Bachmann has some decent sets now.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â February 21 2014Â :Â 12:10:36 AM
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Ya, there just doesn't seem to be any H0 manufacturer that makes good starter sets besides Athearn. I could be wrong though.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 12:11:19 PM
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quote:
I checked Athearn's site, but they don't have any sets currently available. That's a real oversight, IMHO. And Walthers should drop the tooling for the old Life-Like pancake drives in a volcano somewhere and put together some real starter sets, maybe with simplified P1K equipment. At least Bachmann has some decent sets now.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â February 21 2014Â :Â 12:10:36 AM
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Could not agree more. That further illustrates the rant I was giving about the lack of a BB-like line. At least recognize that model railroaders have to start with something, why not attempt to give them an Athearn starter set and keep them loyal into the future?
And Walthers is really missing the boat too, not expanding the P1K line. Bachmann? Probably thinking way ahead of everyone else at the moment, but even they show signs of heading toward the stratosphere with Athearn. I'll give them credit though for giving attention to the lower end of the market. The only brand-new product I have bought in the last 4 years has been Bachmann - one of them a DD40AX and the other the Santa Fe warbonnet F7A. Good quality, good detail.
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 12:12:36 PM
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VERY NICE!
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 8:11:50 PM
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quote: quote:
VERY NICE!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 21 2014Â :Â 12:12:36 PM
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I'd have to agree with you on that one.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 02:14:25 AM
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Really enjoy the use of color, as always, by wks, who keeps finding new combinations. The orange on the rolling stock and head end power mirrors the autumn foliage. Very clever, visually stunning. Keep it rolling!
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