Athearn blue box production schedule (new items)

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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blue box (mostly freight cars) to be prodeuced in the coming year http://www.athearn.com/Content/PDF/ATHkits05.pdfr

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Thanks for the heads up.

I’ve had quite a few problems with my Blue Box rolling stock and have switched over to P2K and Bowser. Still, for the price BBs are a decent way to go.

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how much do you have to assemble with the b-b freight cars and what sort of problems have you had? the prices look cheap[tup]

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From what I seen and hear locally is the modelers doesn’t take the extra time or care to put this kit together.First its a "shake the box " type of kit that needs to be assembled properly and not thrown together.A mistake that both the rookie and experience modeler makes.
All it takes is a simple check of the floor,weight and frame to insure they are not warped.This method was taught to me way back in the late 50’s when I was a mere lad and is a very easy fix by straighten the warp parts.