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 Posted - February 14 2010 : 10:18:51 PM
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My first Athearn Hi-Fi
I almost passed on this, really glad I didn't. The original drive setup runs very well. One rubber band isn't sized right, but it can still move along at a good clip. Down the road I'll give it some lights, windows, and maybe upgraded the drive since I've seen lots of people do it before. But for now I'm just pretty happy with it!
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Posted - February 15 2010 : 5:56:28 PM
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What? no Stereo?? 
hehe nice RDC car Will hafta find one someday dummy or powered 
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Posted - February 15 2010 : 6:15:20 PM
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| i recommend the proto 1k versions all glazed,seats and lights,plus a great motor ken
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Posted - February 15 2010 : 7:16:38 PM
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| well I cheap so idc what I get Saturday
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Posted - February 15 2010 : 9:26:28 PM
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My RDC-1...little booger runs sweet too.
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Posted - February 16 2010 : 01:05:53 AM
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| Nice Shay! Did you add the windows? Anything else? I would have liked to picked up a P1K version. But I wanted the B&O name since they did run around my area. Plus this was one of those "If I ever seen on that looks decent and is a good price I'll buy it" deals. So in the end it was a good pickup.
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Posted - February 16 2010 : 10:18:55 AM
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| Yes, it has all its windows. I would rather the Beano as well but, at $11 for both this and a dummy RDC-3, I settled for the New Haven. Both are in excellent condition and the RDC-1 runs very well, almost like it was re-motored. It doesn't even have the characteristic boing motion when given a quick stop.
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Posted - February 16 2010 : 7:04:03 PM
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RDCs are always fun That's a nice shot Chris!
Here's mine in Via paint:
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 Posted - February 19 2010 : 9:58:47 PM
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Hi All,
Those are some nice RDC's you have. I don't have any RDC's of my own, so I will show you an Athearn SDP40 I was given for Valentines day. It has the metal truck frames. I painted the fuel tank as it was really scratched up. She pulls a lot with the all wheel drive.
Mike
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Posted - February 20 2010 : 10:20:41 AM
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Hey! Someone post a photo of the Tri-Ang, ATT RDC. I can't find my photos.
frank
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Posted - February 20 2010 : 10:37:33 AM
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just for you frank,ken
Edited by - catfordken on February 20 2010 10:38:09 AM
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Posted - February 21 2010 : 10:12:51 AM
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Love the RDCs. I don't have one myself, so no picture from me this week.  If I ever dig out of the snow and get to a train show, I'd love to pick one of these up.
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Posted - February 21 2010 : 7:17:20 PM
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THANKS kEN.
FRANK
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