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I only buy RTR when there's no kit available for the same car. The closest I've got to a loco in kit form is Athearn Blue Box - I've seen the work involved in building locos from brass kits and wish I had the skills and funds to buy and build these - they are amazing when complete. On an economic basis RTR locos are hard to beat. I do enjoy building kits - I have a growing fleet of Athearn cars built from BB kits as well as a few Walthers cars. I would have to say that where cars are concerned I prefer the kits as they are far cheaper and very simple to build - I'm willing to put in the minutes needed to build the kit if I'm saving around half the purchase price of the RTR model!
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