I have my first 4 cars for the CZ and my complaint is " they're too hard to pull outa da box". NO airhoses or steam fittings present, a concession for the 18" radius guys. Other than that a fine joru
Hey Rob, Not to knock the nice reps at these shows, but some of them are not always "in the loop" on the actual finished product or company position. Let us hope that BLI has heard the the concerns e
Text Deleted . . . become "a pull it out of the box and run it". As far as the manufacturers, they are just keeping up with the trend. Bucking trends in business is sometimes a recipe for disaster. W
Seems like a reasonable guess. I had to succumb and get a set of drug store reading glasses to help me find the dimples to drill out with my #80 bit so I could install the wire grabs on my CB&Q wayca
Jerry, I wish The failing eyesight was the only excuse I hear at the local hobby shops. A lot of guys complain about how hard it is to build the kits or how the parts break coming off the sprue. I kn
Up until about 5 years ago the only alternative was to buy kits. I won't say build because most of them went home and were put into a roundtuit pile. Now you can buy cars that are ready to put on the
Gonna add my 2 cents here, Ready to Run? Should say.... Ready to unbuild to rebuild so the model will run! Today in this hobby we have so many new models that are very well done. Brass and plastic. I
Loren, Try the Q Kitch car baggage door rebuilds. The #5 or #58 KDs are to short so you have to put the extended shanks in. Unfortunately 58s don't have that feature yet. MAybe I'll put 78s on them.
Rob, Hahahhahaahha....... Yeah although I do have to say, those pesky little grabs, it's nice when they're already there. In the age of tri focals, it's easier! Yeah the extended Kadees will work on
Well, I agree with Charlie: Some of us are still in the workforce and just dont have time to build, scratchbuild or kitbash. The little time that we have involves running things and performing some m
Charlie said it pretty well. I would add Operations is a key factor which has changed the buying habits of many. Anyone who has an operating layout, where they hold regular Op Sessions, is looking fo
Loren, Procrastination and poverty can be a good thing. I know somebody that has 20 or so brass troop and Kitchen cars ( and I don't mean the spartan Hallmark model I have) that grinds his teeth at n