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 Posted - March 19 2009 : 07:02:39 AM
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BEST DETAILED HO CABOOSE YET KEN
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 10:58:40 AM
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Geez it's even lighted. 
Not to mention the proper "floor texture", and even brake shoes! 
    
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 11:12:41 AM
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Wow... the MSRP is as almost as much as some Athearn locomotives.
But... given the lighting effects, it might not be such a bad deal. I've looked into high-quality lighting kits for cabeese and they aren't cheap.
Maybe I'm weird, but I still don't understand the industry (and modeler, presumably) obsession with "super-detailed underframes". And I've built some obsessively detailed models myself. But unless you're running your trains upside-down, or have a glass-bottom layout with transparent ballast... or are Gomez Adams and derailing them all the time - what's the point? You should never see them!
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 11:45:09 AM
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neat caboose but I don't use the knuckle couplers Is it easy to convert these new cars & locos to the old couplers? 
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 11:54:39 AM
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| Most modern manufacturers' couplers are quickly interchangeable. But there are a few exceptions that might need some mild modification. I haven't seen any Rapido equipment to comment on their case.
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 12:59:59 PM
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The only Rapido stuff I've ever seen is in a box marked with a $70 price tag. 
Which is too bad, because being a Canadian company, they make outstanding Canadian pieces. Wouldn't mind having a VIA set made by them... 
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 1:19:41 PM
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mm198,you have to have one to see why they cost so much,rivet counters love them,really are scale models,but also very fragile,museum quality,and you pay for it,but all mine were sniped cheap,take any knuckle or hook and horn couplers ken
Since we started making passenger cars, people have been asking for metal couplers. So we decided to make our own. Developed specifically for our "Canadian" project, we're going to start using them on our Super Continental Line cars in January. The "Macdonald-Cartier" Knuckle Couplers (Cartier is pronounced "CAR-tyay") are compatible with all popular knuckle couplers. Being Canadian-designed, they are guaranteed to work down to 40 below, and they will come plated in realistic hues. More info about these will come in a future edition of the Telegraph
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Posted - March 19 2009 : 8:35:42 PM
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Good thing they don't make locomotives, or else they would start making 1:87 scale diesel engines!
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Posted - March 20 2009 : 08:03:50 AM
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sorry to say,they do make locomotives,canadian ones,and an turbotrain ken
http://www.rapidotrains.com/canadian02.html
http://www.rapidotrains.com/turbo01.html
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Posted - March 20 2009 : 08:17:30 AM
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quote:
I knew that... 
Don't think it's a good thing for you to start forgetting things at my age!
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 Posted - March 27 2009 : 9:38:42 PM
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My LHS just got a shipment of Rapido Turbo Trains in...I'll have to drool over them next time I visit!
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 07:30:30 AM
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my friend saw one and he reckens they are fab,ken
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 08:37:53 AM
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Rapido really raised the bar with their passenger cars, and now they're doing the same with cabeese. It is a thing of beauty, but I'd be afraid to touch it lest all that fine Delrin detail go "snap." Unless you never touch your trains (and some modelers don't), cramming on this much detail can amount to diminishing returns.
OTOH, I'm those Delrin parts are probably a lot sturdier than the stirrups on old Tyco or AHM cars.
There was a thread on the MR forum where people were complaining about serious problems with their Turbotrains. The president of Rapido addressed them all on the thread personally, which is pretty good customer service, but they tend to have erratic performance.
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 7:49:55 PM
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| now all that caboose needs is a FRED on the back
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Posted - September 11 2010 : 2:16:23 PM
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Got one of these in CP Yellow, just before I lost my job. It doesn't fit my opearting scheme but I'll save it to trade one day for the right Varney locomotive or something like that. I also have the TLT CP "Wooden" caboose. I like "Van's" a lot, but this and the special CNR one coming out are really for collecting. they will never leave their boxes.
-Gareth
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