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RTR Is it me or is it truely crap?
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I have to say that I hardly ever go for RTR equipment as I find the cost to be prohibitive and consider a big part of the fun of model railroading to be the creation process at all levels. I do however have some RTR equipment that I have picked up over the years, mostly at swap meets, that were very well priced. I have to say that Atlas produces a very fine RTR product. I have about a dozen of their RTR rolling stock, mostly modern covered hoppers, and have only had a problem with one car that came with wheels that were obviously the wrong size (way too small). I also have an Athearn Genesis Trinity hopper that had no flaws out of the box either. I really liked the brief history that was included in the box for that class of hopper as well. I’ve found that LBF produces a fine product as well and haven’t had any issue with their RTR. <br /> <br />Even with all that said, I would still rather purchase a quality kit from Accurail, E&C, etc. and work from there. Even with an RTR car, I still have to install Kadee couplers (they are still the best in my book), weather the kits, and sometimes apply extra graphics or graffiti. <br /> <br />I’ve found that the only true RTR products come from places like Ebay or swap meets where some other modeler has already put all the work into it. <br /> <br />Warren <br />
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