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[quote user="Flashwave"][quote user="Railfan Alex"]   If you want a piece of crap model that doesn't run well or look good, then go and build one yourself. The work and skills involved just ain't worth it. If you want all the terrible qualities of a home built model, save yourself the trouble and go buy a regular line Bachmann... <img src="http://cs.trains.com/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_dead.gif" alt="Dead"> [/quote] Again, that kind of thinking gets rather blunt. And it's kinda the arguments that lead to the "Is our hobby dieing?" threads. The facts are right, building from scratch, or even nearly so, can be very expensive, engine or structure. Bu tyou shouldn't be afraid to do it. [/quote] Here's what I have to add to this: If you go out and try to build your own locomotive with no skills or experience beyond that of most modelers (building Athearn BB or a slightly more difficult car kit like an Accurail) it will turn out exactly as Alex described.Building your own locomotive from scratch IS possible, and people do it all the time. People who have done it before. And have a bunch of kitbashes of varying difficulty under their belt. Jumping into a major scratchbuild like a locomotive without any previous experience or skills will not turn out well. And an Atlas... [xx(] At least start out with junk parts from an old Bachmann, Tyco, whatever, and build a decent-looking locomotive from that using parts from the original kit, detail parts, etc. Build a bunch of those, then move up to Athearn, do more of those, and THEN invest in Atlas parts! That's how I interpret Alex's post.----------------------Oh yeah, and I'm still following this thread but with a job and an increasingly busy life, I haven't had the time or anything of note to post. BUT, I just ordered the biggest bag of Supertrees they make, decals for Alex to finish off the WRS power (and hopefully the caboose), and I also finished my papermill kitbash for Enfield, the scenery in which is also mostly completed. So in a few weeks I'll have a bunch of stuff to post.
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