I am planning to buy a steam car from rapido trains are they that good or a waste of money ? I don’t know does anyone? rambo1…
Hi Rambo, I was at my LHS today to help out for business and take some shots of the new arrivals. Anyway, we received I think it was 30 Steamies in the last week and we only have 7 remaining in the 3 Canadian schemes. I took a few shots of the Via. I model the modern era but looking at these I’m almost willing to change eras. The detail is the best I’ve ever seen on rolling stock.There’s even a real chain gonig from the brake wheel, lol. Does it operate like it should? Did not try it and I havn’t received feedback on it yet.
John
I have a set of Rapido passenger cars and love em, excellent detail run real smooth and I feel they are worth every nickle.
It depends on what railroad you’re modeling, if at all. The car is painted mostly for railroads that never had them. Is that important to you? Personally, I have no need for them.
Mark
Good for what - the steaming part or just in general for a passenger train head end car?
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/159600/1759059.aspx#1759059
I picked up mine on Thursday and so far I’m very happy with it. It’s just freakin cool watching the steam come out of it. For me it was well worth the price of it.