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<p>[quote user="dstarr"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">BMMECNYC</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>I would like to see a B&M accurate 2-6-0 (B-15), and a MEC accurate 4-6-0 (the O class version with inside valve gear).</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Actually, the old IHC 2-6-0 isn't a bad stand in for the B15.  Here is the IHC model,</p> <p>A<img style="width:704px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/Mittersill/Model%20Railroad/Locomotives/100_1461.jpg" alt=" " /></p> <p>.And here is the old brass PFM model B15.</p> <p><img style="width:704px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/Mittersill/Model%20Railroad/Locomotives/100_1472.jpg" alt=" " /></p> <p>The IHC (now out of business, but still reasonably available) is pretty close.  It lacks the distinctive swelled boiler of the B15, the bell is in the wrong place (an easy fix), but it's not a bad standin. </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>It looks pretty close, except for one glaring deficiency in my eyes.  The valve gear.  If they would swap the valve gear between their 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 both would look pretty good. </p>
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