Atlas 8-40C review?

[Anonymous]

so what ya guys think?

[Anonymous]

Have UP #9234. (SILVER LINE)

FINE !!!!!!! DETAILS: GREAT (REAR MIRRORS as add-ons !!!), Running: Smooth, and silent!

WAIT NOW FOR THE 8-40 CW !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

hows the paint?

[Anonymous]

I recieved 2 of the numbered (and Silver series) UP units. They are indeed nice. The paint wasn't quite what I expected. Like Ryan (Espeeboy) mentioned in a response over on Trainorders, it's kind of more orangi***han the usual armour yellow. It's still nice but not the same yellow as a Kato or Genesis UP. They will look a bit different when run together. I don't even think it's the same yellow as the Atlas SD24's (UP), but my eyes could be playing tricks on me. It looks more towards the orange side under flourescent lights, and much less so under incandescant lights. Then again, the real UP's can look quite different from unit to unit, and under different lighting conditions (noon versus sunset, etc.) I don't mean this as a major issue, because for me it's not - they are still definite keepers for me!! In all the other areas it the usual high quality we've come to expect from Atlas - excellent runners, very nice details and graphics. Thanks Atlas for producing these much wanted units. Keep em coming. Looking forward to the wide cabs now. Take care!

Greg

[garr]

I have 3 of the silver series C40-8. They run as one would expect an Atlas to run--Great.
No problems with the paint on the CSX units, or UP for that matter.

The only complaint is the molded on dampening struts--seem small and angled wrong. Not a big enough problem to keep one from purchasing these units.

Jay

[csxns]

Got 6 of them two has a bad HUM sound and one takes half throttle to start and it stops fast also.

[Anonymous]

Got two silver series. Run like my other atlas models, smooth and quiet. Like big boy, can't wait for the dash 8-40cw