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Best plastic HO scale F3 & F7
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I'm interested to hear this too - right now I have three brands of F7/FP7 - Athearn BB, Bachmann and E R Models/Roco. The Bachmann Plus is probably the best of the bunch as it's obviously done more than a few miles and is nicely bedded in (bought it used), so I have a 2ft run-on after shutting off from full power. Next would be the E R Models FP7s - good looking, sweet runners - the snag is the rear coupler mount doesn't allow you to close couple them so an AA set ends up with a huge gap between them. Last would be the old BB - not bad runners but high current draw and those sintered iron wheels are a pain (seem to attract gunge). I've been very tempted to buy one or two Athearn Genesis F's but have been put off by some reports that they still have the "growl" - can anyone confirm or deny this?
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