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hey orsonroy -- I'll keep an openmind re: the BL heavyweights - it's my understanding from another rr forum that their cars are very close to the L&N equipment I need . As far as kit vs RTR - I prefer kits over RTR and have the modeling skills-I do a fair amount of kitbashing and scratchbuilding esp in G scale where every detail shows and is important. I was just being a smart axxxx when I said they should be RTR for the price. I tend to be frugal, too! Guess I'll have to look on the internet and wait a bit for the bugs to be worked out and for the availability to match demand-you know, if we wait a bit to purchase our stuff the prices often get more reasonable, rather than having to have it the day it hits the market, or worse-reserving a place in line months before it's even released. . . I've had some Athearn heavyweight, Rivarossi smoothside and heavyweights, and Spectrum heavyweights kicking around and gathering dust for a long time. Your comments re: these are right on. I also have some ConCor s.s. streamline cars and for a long time I couldn't figure out what wasn't 'right' about them-the fluting looks like it is upside down relative to the cars' sides, and a bit overdone. Also, the detailing-rivets, etc. on the Spectrum cars is a litle heavy handed-guess they wanted to make it easier for the rivet counters to count the rivets. Now if I hadn't spent all that money on all the dust bunnies I just mentioned, the price of the BL cars wouldn't seem too awful. I am glad that they haven't jumped on the RTR band wagon that other manufacturers have (in order to use really cheap labor to inflate the price a bunch). What is your opinion(s) on the IHC/Rivarossi fluted s.s. lightweights vs Walthers? Thanks in advance.
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