03-10-2014, 10:34 AM
they are proportionally inferior to the Athearn equivalents.
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Actually the BB locomotives and cars was pretty generic exception being some of the newer(the scale hood engines) releases like the SW1500,SW100,SD40-2,GP40-2 and the near generic GP50/60..The BB GP38-2 remains the best GP38-2 shell on the market.
Sadly Athearn has botch some paint schemes on the Genesis locomotives and the QA/QC is spotty at best and these are Athearn's top of the line.Their RTR has spotty QA/QC as well.
The good news is Athearn QA/QC issues is improving.
Here's a example of Athearn lagging QA/QC. Note the headlights.
Athearn did send free replacement handrails after I advised them of the problem..
![[Image: 005-16.jpg]](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m210/Brakie-2/005-16.jpg)
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Actually the BB locomotives and cars was pretty generic exception being some of the newer(the scale hood engines) releases like the SW1500,SW100,SD40-2,GP40-2 and the near generic GP50/60..The BB GP38-2 remains the best GP38-2 shell on the market.
Sadly Athearn has botch some paint schemes on the Genesis locomotives and the QA/QC is spotty at best and these are Athearn's top of the line.Their RTR has spotty QA/QC as well.
The good news is Athearn QA/QC issues is improving.
Here's a example of Athearn lagging QA/QC. Note the headlights.
Athearn did send free replacement handrails after I advised them of the problem..
![[Image: 005-16.jpg]](http://s105.photobucket.com/user/Brakie-2/media/005-16.jpg.html)
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!