How many new Big Boys/Challengers do we need?

[Anonymous]

I would love manufactures to make a missabe 2-8-8-4 yellowstone, the bigboy gets a lot of hype but the yellowstones really did pull. It doesn't seem like that long ago there was very little quality steam plastic models, I'm glad I don't model that era I would have to mortage the house to by all the locomotives I wanted in a limited run before I couldn't get them.

This limited run stuff sells volume, just like a sale on shoes makes my wife buy, limited run makes us buy. I don't need it NOW but someday I would like to add it

[Anonymous]

I would love manufactures to make a missabe 2-8-8-4 yellowstone, the bigboy gets a lot of hype but the yellowstones really did pull. It doesn't seem like that long ago there was very little quality steam plastic models, I'm glad I don't model that era I would have to mortage the house to by all the locomotives I wanted in a limited run before I couldn't get them.

This limited run stuff sells volume, just like a sale on shoes makes my wife buy, limited run makes us buy. I don't need it NOW but someday I would like to add it

[Leon Silverman]

Here's another question:
How many modellers buy these big engines and then run then on layouts with less than 22 " radius curves than require the "psuedo" articulation where both sets of drivers pivot instead of just the front set? This construction is used on not only the Big Boys and Challengers, but the Allegheny, A, and Cab Forward.

[Leon Silverman]

Here's another question:
How many modellers buy these big engines and then run then on layouts with less than 22 " radius curves than require the "psuedo" articulation where both sets of drivers pivot instead of just the front set? This construction is used on not only the Big Boys and Challengers, but the Allegheny, A, and Cab Forward.

[tatans]

This topic appears once a week, along with news of a new Big Boy on the market, we should have separate forums for: 1: Athearn 2: Kaydee 3: Big Boy 4: DCC, as these brand names seem to take up about 50% of the replies in this forum, Ask a basic technical question and you get 5 replies, ask about Athearn or Kaydee and 700 reply.

[tatans]

This topic appears once a week, along with news of a new Big Boy on the market, we should have separate forums for: 1: Athearn 2: Kaydee 3: Big Boy 4: DCC, as these brand names seem to take up about 50% of the replies in this forum, Ask a basic technical question and you get 5 replies, ask about Athearn or Kaydee and 700 reply.