I saw some of the new (?) Athearn trucks and fire trucks at a show before the holidays and was very impressed. Priced just over $10 if I remember right, and excellent detail. I'm surprised the company has not featured them more in their advertising.
Some things to consider in your placement of highly detailed items. Will the layout be used by young (children) operators? Mine is occasionally so I place the better detailed stuff toward the middle of the layout where they can't reach it. While Boley does have a lot of cheap poorly detailed stuff they also have more expensive highly detailed items and those are the ones I usually get. The Model Power vehicles I get are their top-end models and look quite good. There are some that I'm almost afraid to touch because the details can be easily damaged.
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Wow that looks nice. I still havent bought the loco yet. I have bought however two Rio enclosed automobile carriers, and a Rio gondola. I like the handheld DCC system, it seems pretty mobile. I also was looking to see if i could find some layout kits that are ready to build.
Most detailed HO vehicles are in the 10 to 20 dollar range and up. The cheap HO vehicles are normally under 10 dollars. Now that does'nt mean they're bad, its just they don't have the detail the more expensive models have. Some guys here even use matchbox 1/64 scale cars for their models Personally I would be embarrased.
I have a few wally world & Boley models myself, but I'm carefull where I place them. Prominent scenes have more detailed models. Here's a GHQ bobcat I just put together. It also came with an HO driver as well. Now these you have to paint and weather, but the detail is very good. If you don't want to paint and weather, then buy preiser or wiking or ER etc...
Did you ever buy that nice Atlas Gold line DCC RioGrand engine??? And what DCC system are you going to buy???
jeffrey-wimberly I've gotten a lot of my best ones from Model Power and Boley.
I've gotten a lot of my best ones from Model Power and Boley.
He said BEST not CHEAP. Those are definatley not the best.
I would have to say...Preisser,Wiking, ER models, GHQ (even though you have to put them together). There are others.....
Sign up for the Walthers catalog. Every month, they'll send you a paper catalog of what's on sale. There are pages of vehicles at reduced prices. If your LHS participates in Walthers promotions, then can order them for you. You'll get the sale price, pay no shipping and support your LHS, all at the same time.
To some extent, you need to think about the era you're modelling. For the 1950s and 60s, I like the ones I find a Wal-Mart in the toy section. (I never remember who makes those.) They're very nice little models for under $2. For the 1930s, I have a number of Jordan kits, and Athearn has been releasing a few "vintage" autos as well.
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Who in your opinion makes the most detailed cars, trucks, and tractor trailers?