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ROCK #4794 arrived today from Hobby Circle, a newly-retooled Athearn SD40-2. I'll talk about performance tomorrow after I've put it through some paces and broken it in, but for now:
(1) coupler "pockets" that accept #5 kadees. Even the Athearn couplers will work better now, as opposed to the "clip" that used to result in coupler droopage.
(2) See-thru fans. Nice.
(3) Near-perfect match on the RI colors.
(4) Plastic one-piece handrails. Still kind of fiddly, especially for those of us with larger hands, but definite improvement over the metal puppies.
(5) Nice detail on the decals, with more decals than I've ever seen on an Athearn loco - fuel locators, decals around the billboard "ROCK ISLAND" on the right side, etc.
(6) REAR NUMBER BOARDS !!!! Already with proper numbering !! Perhaps a pain if you want different numbers, but since the ROCK only owned ten of these, I don't know how many of us will want more than one............
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rockislandmike
http://www.heatherandmichael.com/recklessandveiled/
Edited by - rockislandmike on 09/23/2002 15:32:18
Edited by - rockislandmike on 09/23/2002 15:32:47
(1) coupler "pockets" that accept #5 kadees. Even the Athearn couplers will work better now, as opposed to the "clip" that used to result in coupler droopage.
(2) See-thru fans. Nice.
(3) Near-perfect match on the RI colors.
(4) Plastic one-piece handrails. Still kind of fiddly, especially for those of us with larger hands, but definite improvement over the metal puppies.
(5) Nice detail on the decals, with more decals than I've ever seen on an Athearn loco - fuel locators, decals around the billboard "ROCK ISLAND" on the right side, etc.
(6) REAR NUMBER BOARDS !!!! Already with proper numbering !! Perhaps a pain if you want different numbers, but since the ROCK only owned ten of these, I don't know how many of us will want more than one............
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rockislandmike
http://www.heatherandmichael.com/recklessandveiled/
Edited by - rockislandmike on 09/23/2002 15:32:18
Edited by - rockislandmike on 09/23/2002 15:32:47
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