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It's not just price, but time and end result quality as well. Sure, you can add details to a U23B shell, change the grilles, etc, but it's still going to have the wrong frame length for a U18B. If you cut the frame as well, you have mechanical issues to deal with, and then you still have to cut the shell, remove a piece, then glue it back together. It's pretty easy for those not skilled at kitbashing (unskilled like me and many modelers today) to make a mistake and have their model look bad. So you can either go for a more-expensive Intermountain model which is prototypically accurate, or you can cut up a U23B and hopefully make a decent model that won't make you and others cringe to look at. (example being my old <a href="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1020710.jpg?t=1248864076" mce_href="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1020710.jpg?t=1248864076">snowplow</a>)The choice is yours. Personally, I'd save up for the real U18B!
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