What’s the worst-looking HO scale plastic locomotive you’ve ever seen? For me, it’s gotta be the Model Power F2A. It vaguely resembles an F3, but it’s got a nose like a C-Liner. It’s so butt-ugly and toy-like that every time I see one I want to stomp on it!
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The Tyco (GG1) gets my vote as ugliest loco! Three axle trucks under a GG1 rediculous!! True it’s a toy but come on![:D][:P]
The IHC SD-24. Crikey! Like a friggin’ toy!
The only unit that comes to my mind straightaway is the old AHM SW1.This was also made by Model Power…This ties with the old AHM then later Model Power Alco S1…[B)][8][:(]
for my money it has too be any Tyco/Bachman or anyone elses ready to run out of the box train set that has a F unit they all look horrible. I will just stay with Kato,Athearn, Atlas equiptment.
IHC FM C- liner
Marx F-unit, GP9 and hustler.
Some of their steamers were butt ugly.
The Hudson and #20 0-4-0t weren’t as bad.
Model Power F units.
Marx GP-9. I’ve got one that’s lettered “Santa Fe” but is in UP yellow and gray.
The Model Power F2 is the same as the Marx F unit.
Do you guys mean ‘toylike’ or just plain weird? For my money, the most butt-ugly thing I ever saw was a ‘Climax’ made by MDC. It looked like a gondola with a center cab built over their early diesel mechanism. Noisy little sucker, too! In fact it was so butt-ugly that it was cute!
Life Like High-nose GP38-2 in the Santa Fe Warbonnet scheme.
tyco trains in general
Probably the Tri-ang Transcontinental F unit - to be fair, they never did say exactly what this loco was supposed to be, though it’s a fair bet it was supposed to be an F. Unfortunately, it looked nothing like one!
I agree with the comments about the MP F2s - I was very tempted to buy one of these as a project loco until I saw the shape!
Any loco in a paint scheme it shouldn’t have - Bachmann high-nose GP50s in UP paint, Life-Like GP38-2s in SF warbonnet, I’m sure there are others out there! I can’t see why they do this. I guess they feel they’re creating more sales, but in reality they’re doing beginners a great disservice by selling them equipment that never existed. It also does their reputation amongst more experienced hobbyists (who know which models to avoid, and will probably not buy the incorrect examples) no good at all.
Any low nose ATSF Warbonnet.
Hello twhite,
Yup, they are loud, whiny groaning and waddling, they take forever to get anywhere but can climb impossible grades and need really nasty trackwork to derail. They certainly aren’t pretty.
I’d have to put my money on the MP F-Units. AHHH!!!
Ican’t believe the BL-2 wasn’t nominated.
Cause the BL-2 is cool looking.
Life Like ATSF Warbonnet GP18s. UGLY[xx(] No windows or anything. ATSF didn’t even paint any Geeps [except for the GP60Ms] in warbonnet paint[:(!][:(!][:O][D)][|(][oops]