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 Posted - May 19 2008 : 3:55:55 PM
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i have noticed every make mentioned but one i do not hear often if at all is kato,is there a logical reason for this ken
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 4:16:40 PM
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| Ken, I don't know about anyone else, but for me, it's because Kato is 1)very expensive 2) too new to be very collectible and 3) Japanese-made (nothing against Japan, just doesn't make it collectible to me)
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 4:29:11 PM
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Hi,
lots of Kato was sold under other brand names, like Atlas. I used to have a Atlas/Kato RSD4 in SP colours years ago. It was really good, but I swapped it for some old Fleischmann (which I eventually also sold...).
Martin
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 4:39:54 PM
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Hi, Ken...I agree, it tends to be expensive and there is the atlas version, I have my own personal choices and Kato is not one of them...most of mine are athearn which I used years ago when I did my first layout... can not tell you why but those are the ones that I tend to get, besides I collect what I like not what maybe I should...but who cares, it's my money...Garret
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 5:52:09 PM
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Well I'm in the process of trading a NIB Atlas-ChiComm C420 to a fella for a nicely detailed and custom painted Atlas-Kato RS3.
I can't think of a better running plastic HO scale model than these.
I guess that's me declaring myself...
-Gareth
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 10:13:05 PM
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| I own 4 Kato's--as everyone has said can be pricey. Another reason they may not be as popular is they haven't done any fallen flag railroads of the past which i personally think would boost their sales if reasonably priced. The 4 i own are very nice performers adn in the CSX paint--yellow / gray / blue
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Posted - May 20 2008 : 06:20:28 AM
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| i only have one a sd40 pennsylvannia green,which i got cheap its an early 90s version,but runs as sweat as a nut,price,is as far as i can see its only drawback,but i would not say atlas are cheap either,from my limited knowledge i would put them in the middle of the model price range,it was more the quality of without spending to much time and inviting a debate on rivit counting,their likeness to the real thing ken
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