Athearn Addiction

[dragenrider]

I'm addicted to the Athearn engines. They are so easy to build, modify, work on, etc. They may not be the best runners compared to P2K, Atlas & other high dollar locos, but they are tough and dependable.

[Anonymous]

Are we talking about the Athearn blue box "kits" here? The ones where you stick on a few parts and screws? If so, these are "shake the box" kits - a few shakes and they're together? I imagone most experienced modelers could assemble these in the dark.

You want a kit - try assembling one of the Tichy 250 ton cranes - hundreds of teeny parts, many places to put them. No there's a kit that you won't shake together in an evening. And don't get me started on the larger Campbell structure kits, with instruction sheets about two feet square, printed on both sides! [8D]

"Been there, done that!" [:D]

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

I was doing 7 a week but since joining "AKBA" I'm now down to 4 a week and getting better. It's been a tough road but with a lotta help and support even you can shake off this terribly addicting habit. BTW, "AKBA" is the "Athearn Kit Builders Anonymous"

[Anonymous]

Before I was in College, I was doing two a day.

James

[BRAKIE]

I have no idea how many Athearn kits I built over the years.Some I kept while others I traded or sold off..Sadly as of now I am not interested in building any type of kit..I have built and tweaked up to 6 Athearn kits on Saturday..This will include painting the trucks,frames and weight . I also painted the axles before I converted to metal wheels.[:D]

[3railguy]

How many of you are addicted to building Athearn kits? I tried to limit myself to one a week. Now I'm averaging three. I still can't get enough.