QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89
Yeah, they're makin' a K-4 allright, but like Aggro said, $450 bucks is about $100 overpriced, IMHO.
And yeah, Pennsy guys in the steam era have it waaaayyy too easy. Give em a challenge, BLI, the PRR's steam isn't the only thing out there. And it make me mad that no one is making Midwestern steam, save for Life-Like's upcoming Wabash L-1 2-10-2.
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You think you got problems? How about the modelers of New Zealand Government Railways? You think BLI would deign to make an HOn3 1/2 or Sn3 1/2 model of a J or Ja class 4-8-2
http://www.steaminc.org.nz/images/jpeg/j1234w.jpg ?
Seriously, though. Pennsy modelers have always been spoiled. Even back in the old cast metal days, they had PennLine, which made the E6, H9, I1, K4, L1, T1. And then Bowser bought the tooling and produced the M1, A5, and now the B6 in addition. All BLI did was gild the lily with sound.
Christ. If they were going to produce a Pacific, why not a Erie K5a in its full glory? Elesco FWH, deck mounted compressors, disc drivers on all axles and that big 22,000 gallon tender. I'm not a Erie fan, but I would have bought one (or 2) just because they look soooo good.
Another attractive Pacific was the Santa Fe 3400 class after rebuilding with disc drivers and the 20,000 gallon tender.
Boston & Maine's Lima built P-4a and P-4b 4-6-2's are downright winsome.
C&NW E-2's after rebuiding for "400" service were also quite fetching.
Andre
It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.