30 And Under Model Railroaders - Question?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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A question for any model railroader under 30. If a company was to release a locomotive kit (IE: required some assembly and painting), what locomotive would see?

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Hmmm

Is there anyone under 30 in the hobby? [:-^] [(-D]

Happy days

Lee

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Locomotives can’t see.

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This one can:

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I’m 71 so I can’t say.

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Depends.

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I’m certainly not under 30, but I’m curious. Can somebody rephrase the question?

Tom

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Corrections in CAPS

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Its best to be careful when posting if you’ve had a few.

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Well, I assume he meant sell. Im 24 and no, not interested in a full kit for a locomotive… The user applied parts that Kato does is excellent.

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I’m 14, so I suppose I’m eligible to answer. I would like to see steam loco kits like the old mantua, Tyco, and MDC. Or at least have something like the athearn blue box kits, although I don’t know how much that constitutes to being called a kit.

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I’m 29, so I will toss in my answer.

Athearn BB locomotives is as far into “kit” locomotives I would ever want.

No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)

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Well, there’s the rub. With the cheap labor overseas there isn’t much price diffference.

I have bought a full 2-8-0 kit in S scale without DCC or sound for the same price as a 2-8-0 RTR with DCC and Tsunami sound. (The reason for buying the kit is that it is for the Ma&Pa which I model and the RTR was for the B&O. Otherwise I would not have bought the kit - BTW the kit is no longer available)

So I don’t expect to see any more locomotive kits.

Enjoy

Paul

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Well I am 14 and being a pretty good model railroader, I want to see some PRR loco kits (like the G5, a5, etc) in plastic. I know Bowser makes some, but I think plastic is so much easier to work with. And I would love to see them at the detail level of Branchline trains car kits( I’ve built 3 of them and modified them to run on 22" curves [:P]).

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I’m a little older then your cutoff age (I’m 32). But I’d love to see locomotive kits, and some combination of brass, resin, diecast metal. As in, whatever material works best for the application. I’d like it if there were kits for steam engines like what they have in Britain. Etched brass, well-detailed, nice to build I have heard.

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Since the NYC bureaucrats didn’t save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson…in 1:1 scale. [:D]

Tom

P.S. I’m waaaaaaay over the cut-off date. [:P]

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Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it’s just another thing to learn.

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As a person who is getting taller than his hair line I have to say that I totally resent being left out of this thread![swg][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]!

Just in case you might be interested, I would like to see steam kits like Tyco used to release, but with the technology brought up to modern standards. I prefer smaller locomotives over the behemoths.

Dave (with long silver hair by the way, and I love it!)

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Seconded on steam kits with 50-55" drivers.

26 here.

P

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I’m 29…

I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can’t remember, both were HO Scale.

I’m afraid I’m a little to old to build a locomotive kit with fine details attached to it.Maybe someday but not now.

If I was going to build a steam engine kit, it would be 1:1 scale live steam with a few cars. I got the backyard for it. If money wasn’t a option.