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Everyone has good points about the place in the hobby that the Athearn BB kits have. I belong to a rather large club wher we have the rule if it is on the rails anyone can run it, and I have found that many of the new offerings from Proto, Kato, ect all seem to loose details as they are being used. I have really had a bad time keeping truck details in place therefor more often than not I place the sparcly detailed Athearns out to run and I don't need to worry. I do have quite a fleet of power (over 100, quit keeping track), and I do like to run them. As for details Proto wins hands down so many of the others have details that are out of scale. I also have my own railroad that I detail and paint and almost all is Athearn, I have found that the plastic details on the others are hard to work with and keep paint on, but that is just me. One thing is for sure all the manufactures are making great strides but sometimes the ole BB kits are still the best for the needs.
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