Bowser has a PRR B6 0-6-0 Loco on their website. It is listed as a Delux kit, i.e. drilled for detail parts and parts included. I am not a master modeler, I am assuminmg someone with medium skills should be able to assemble and make a very good model. I am looking for opinon's.
I know Bowser is currently out of stock and no estimated in stock date(if any). I am partial to the Bowser instead of the Proto 2000 0-6-0. This is not based on any tangable facts. Just a stubborn Scot.
Bowser kits are excellent, and make smooth-running, well-detailed models. You need a certain amount of care in building them, of course, as you would any kit, but they're not particularly difficult. While I haven't done the B6, I did build their USRA Light Pacific. Here's a pic:
(I added smoke & steam, but that's all) I've not added any other detail parts to the model, other than the ones that came in the kit.
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davidmbedard wrote: moochie wrote: Bowser has a PRR B6 0-6-0 Loco on their website. It is listed as a Delux kit, i.e. drilled for detail parts and parts included. I am not a master modeler, I am assuminmg someone with medium skills should be able to assemble and make a very good model. I am looking for opinon's.I know Bowser is currently out of stock and no estimated in stock date(if any). I am partial to the Bowser instead of the Proto 2000 0-6-0. This is not based on any tangable facts. Just a stubborn Scot.Sort of. You can make a nice LOOKING model, but to make those Bowsers run nicely, it takes a bit of know-how and work. Also, if you are running DCC, replacing that open pittman motor is a must.David B
moochie wrote: Bowser has a PRR B6 0-6-0 Loco on their website. It is listed as a Delux kit, i.e. drilled for detail parts and parts included. I am not a master modeler, I am assuminmg someone with medium skills should be able to assemble and make a very good model. I am looking for opinon's.I know Bowser is currently out of stock and no estimated in stock date(if any). I am partial to the Bowser instead of the Proto 2000 0-6-0. This is not based on any tangable facts. Just a stubborn Scot.
Sort of. You can make a nice LOOKING model, but to make those Bowsers run nicely, it takes a bit of know-how and work. Also, if you are running DCC, replacing that open pittman motor is a must.
David B
That's no longer true, in re: the motor, David. The motors they have now have the brushes isolated, so while they don't have a ready-to-go socket, you can easily wire in a decoder. And the new open-frame motors are very smooth-running, quiet, and have a low current draw. I would recommend a fairly heavy-duty decoder, though, since they can draw more current in stall mode than a can motor, without self-destructing. (I'm not sure how you would go about stalling one, though!) As I said, if you take some care, the Bowsers can run as smoothly as any others. And out-pull anything on the planet that doesn't have traction tires.
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