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Re: [BRHSlist] Question of HO brass O-5's

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Question of HO brass O-5's
From: NNull@a...
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:08:43 EST
The Challenger isn't out yet & will definitely cost you an arm and a leg. It 
will probably be so detailed that it will require 48" radius curves if it is 
anything like their 4-6-4's or 2-10-4's. The Overland is a model of the 
original version's w/elesco feedwater heater and was originally supplied with 
a tender that was grossly oversize. They imported the correct tenders 
seperately. Be careful what you get. Oriental offered all the different 
versions in either painted and unpainted. Only trouble was the drawbars do 
not couple at anywhere near a scale distance, leaving the loco and tender 
with about a 10' scale gap between them. A little unsightly considering they 
were supposed to be vestibule tender/loco. Probably the best bargain for the 
buck tho. Custom brass imported the O-5a & O5b. As I recall they left the 
ash pans off. Not a big deal--just a little funny looking on the coal 
version. PFM imported 4 or 5 production runs including the 25 hand built 
ones. State of the art at the time they were built. Best ones are the 2 
runs in blue "Toby" boxes. If you plan to run your O-5s you probably don't 
want to think about one of these. Run well enough--its just that the 
collectors have run price up to the $2500-3000 range. "Look--there goes a 
used car pulling my freight train around the layout!"

Nolen

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