Is this one of the Athearns that has a too wide shell?
Loco
Your link doesn't seem to work for me. Takes me to the Trains.com Forum Page.
I know Athearn did have a problem with it's Blue Box SD45. For what I know it was 2 or 3 scale feet wider than the real SD45. I'm not sure if that helps as it not the same locomotive!
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lvanhen wrote:From the sellers description, it may be a dummy unit!!! What was the latin for buyer beware?
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myred02 wrote: lvanhen wrote:From the sellers description, it may be a dummy unit!!! What was the latin for buyer beware?caveat emptor -Brandon
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Bapou wrote: Is this one of the Athearns that has a too wide shell?Loco
Yes. I've stayed away from the BB locos for that whole reason.
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Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Packer wrote: Bapou wrote: Is this one of the Athearns that has a too wide shell?LocoYes. I've stayed away from the BB locos for that whole reason.
Only the earlier Athearns were wide bodies.
Wide Bodies:
GP7
SW7
S12
GP35
SDP40
SD45
SD9
All of their GE's
The first scale hood width unit that they came out with was the SD40-2 in the 80's.
Dan
The older Athearn hood units were about a scale foot too wide. I run them with some of the scale width Athearn units and it isn't all that noticable.
As stated the Athearn GP9 is actually a GP7. I make a kind of faux GP9 by removing the two louvres under the cab and the louvre on each side of the hood that is just past the dynamic brake blisters.
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