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I was reading a "review " of the Alco RS2 by Athearn (MDC?) on the Atlas Forum that in general was very favorable which was followed by three pages of discussion about the lack of scale size of the cab windows on all RS2s and RS3s on the market, Athearn, Atlas ad infinitium. The basic problem is that the product in the box does not match 1:1 products manufactured by Alco and modified for or by the various rail roads. <br />My point is that the devil is in the details, which each of us must learn to live with or exercise modeling skills and extra details to match Locomotive A for Railroad B on date C. If you expect Atlas, Kato, BLI or Athearn to "get it right" for all three of the As,Bs, and Cs then Mitch and Boan that the detail is not right for your date which is not the Date "C" they picked. I remember the evolution that the Athearn drives have gone through from rubber band drives to the new drive train and the "miraculous" addition of fly wheels that brought about a reliable performing line of locomotives. The market continues to move forward and evolve. Let's hope that the industry works out their quirks (split gears, wide hoods, scale operating couplers) and possibly addresses the mounting of what has become the "standard" coupler. If only we had fly wheel equiped, kaydee couplered, realistic toilet flush sound units available. IF ONLY............... <br />Will
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