So I’ve come across a sale. BLI Blue Line C30-7s in LS&I for $120 each. Now, it is my personal opinion that the only GEs that actually look good are the pre-dash 8 GE units in BN, and these LS&I units are patched BN, so I find them quite alluring, especially with the exchange rate and price.
My question is…
Should I buy a pair of them? Is it worth it?
All opinions welcome, so let 'em rip!
I have a BN C30-7, first run not the Blueline. Overall I am very pleased with the engine.
Will pull anything you put behind it. Sounds great to. Great detail.
Now for the bad; For a BN unit it has the wrong style trucks, Not sure if
they are Adirondack or GSC but they should have the low mounted brake cylinders
the ones on the model are the high mounted. I simply removed them altogether.
Leaving me with no brakes but I feel that is the lesser of the two evils.
The headlight/ LED has a very strange blue/green tint.
Also the handrails/ stanchions are not painted; although molded in green
plastic the color is not a good match.
Up close you can see its shortcomings–from 1 meter; great engines,