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What I like initally about the J is the fact that it can run a steam/smoke generator to make it look more realistic. I bought the best J on the market last year- from BLI- before MTH came out with theirs. I saw one at a show and picked it up- for it being "all metal" it isn't that much more impressive than my BLI, if at all. Certainly the price tag is not impressive. My biggest turn off to the J is the way the wheels are done. Both the driving wheels and the pilot wheels are WAY TOO
Welcome to the hobby. My only two cents at this time are that you'll learn quickly (as I did) if you want to operate your trains with any sort of consistency and reality that anything by Life-Like is junk. I have so much faith in the products that I don't even worry if I offend any Life-Like die hard fans that swear by it, if there are any. Good luck and learn lots of stuff. That'll help your RR the most.
Hi all. So I got to thinking about the 611 and the 1218 and how they are in the Roanoke museum in VA, but I wondered what happened to the aux. tenders that they used to use on excursion trips back in the 80s and 90s. Were they scrapped, did they make it to a museum somewhere too, or are they in a yard gathering weeds in some abandoned part of a siding somewhere? Any pictures perhaps?
I've always understood that one of the best ways to ruin a locomotive is to run it on carpet. The fibers get into the working mechanism and cause problems. Perhaps this is contributing to your issues, I don't know. I've never ran my locos on carpet and don't plan on it. (plus the working on my knees isn't fun.)
Wow. What a lame but funny commercial.
I've used both sectional and flex. Sectional works good for the beginner- you get an idea of rail joiners and how curves are set up and that- radii. Flex works better in the aspect it gives a better fluidiity of one piece to the next- both operational and visual.
I don't know how many people attended this event (that are online via the forums) but I thought it was a disappointment. Highs included actually seeing steam locos that are NOT in museums, touring cabooses, free parking, ease of staffing and location, and looking at model set ups and such. Lows included the high entry fee, trains were NOT moving and somewhat museum-like, the lines for the locomotives (to look at interiors) was so long it wasn't worth waiting for, also, we could not view the
I don't know how many people attended this event (that are online via the forums) but I thought it was a disappointment. Highs included actually seeing steam locos that are NOT in museums, touring cabooses, free parking, ease of staffing and location, and looking at model set ups and such. Lows included the high entry fee, trains were NOT moving and somewhat museum-like, the lines for the locomotives (to look at interiors) was so long it wasn't worth waiting for, also, we could not view the
[quote user="Graffen"] [quote user="SteamFreak"] I get a smile on my face when buying something I've wanted, though it's usually tempered by the concurrent dent in the bank account. But nobody can compete with this kid, in decibels or in pitch: Bachmann Spectrum SY Mikado 142 IS HERE !!!!!! [/quote] That was SO good to see! My wife said that it could just as well have been me. What she means by that? [/quote] WOW. This guy is NUTS. Going that fast since he is so excited
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