A question for any model railroader under 30. If a company was to release a locomotive kit (IE: required some assembly and painting), what locomotive would see?
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Is there anyone under 30 in the hobby?
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JoeBlowwhat locomotive would see?
Locomotives can't see.
This one can:
Jim
I'm 71 so I can't say.
Depends.
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I'm certainly not under 30, but I'm curious. Can somebody rephrase the question?
Tom
JoeBlow A question for any model railroader under 30. If a company was to release a locomotive kit (IE: required some assembly and painting), what locomotive would YOU LIKE TO see?
A question for any model railroader under 30. If a company was to release a locomotive kit (IE: required some assembly and painting), what locomotive would YOU LIKE TO see?
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Well, I assume he meant sell. Im 24 and no, not interested in a full kit for a locomotive... The user applied parts that Kato does is excellent.
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
I'm 14, so I suppose I'm eligible to answer. I would like to see steam loco kits like the old mantua, Tyco, and MDC. Or at least have something like the athearn blue box kits, although I don't know how much that constitutes to being called a kit.
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I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer.
Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want.
No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)
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ricktrains4824 I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer. Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want. No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)
Well, there's the rub. With the cheap labor overseas there isn't much price diffference.
I have bought a full 2-8-0 kit in S scale without DCC or sound for the same price as a 2-8-0 RTR with DCC and Tsunami sound. (The reason for buying the kit is that it is for the Ma&Pa which I model and the RTR was for the B&O. Otherwise I would not have bought the kit - BTW the kit is no longer available)
So I don't expect to see any more locomotive kits.
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Paul
Well I am 14 and being a pretty good model railroader, I want to see some PRR loco kits (like the G5, a5, etc) in plastic. I know Bowser makes some, but I think plastic is so much easier to work with. And I would love to see them at the detail level of Branchline trains car kits( I've built 3 of them and modified them to run on 22" curves ).
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I'm a little older then your cutoff age (I'm 32). But I'd love to see locomotive kits, and some combination of brass, resin, diecast metal. As in, whatever material works best for the application. I'd like it if there were kits for steam engines like what they have in Britain. Etched brass, well-detailed, nice to build I have heard.
Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale.
P.S. I'm waaaaaaay over the cut-off date.
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Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.
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As a person who is getting taller than his hair line I have to say that I totally resent being left out of this thread!!
Just in case you might be interested, I would like to see steam kits like Tyco used to release, but with the technology brought up to modern standards. I prefer smaller locomotives over the behemoths.
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RDG Casey Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.
Seconded on steam kits with 50-55" drivers.
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I'm 29...
I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.
I'm afraid I'm a little to old to build a locomotive kit with fine details attached to it.Maybe someday but not now.
If I was going to build a steam engine kit, it would be 1:1 scale live steam with a few cars. I got the backyard for it. If money wasn't a option.
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angelob6660I'm 29... I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.
Are you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.
Da StumerAre you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.
No there were actually working Hudson Kits at one time. My uncle built one. It disappeared somehow around the time my grandparents moved. I had the pleasure of running that steam locomotive.
At an under 30 age of 28, I would like to see partially assembled steam kits. Sort of like a build your car (auto manufacturer) website. You select the options, ie Walschaerts, Southern, Stephenson or Baker vavle gear (this is my biggest grief with model railroad manufacturers); cylinder size; dome size for steam and sand; type of feedwater heater; number of drivers and size; type of trailing truck; tender style and size; and the list goes on and on. The box goes down the assembly line and the parts and decals get put in and shipped to your LHS or home.
I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all.
Too old to answer but if you are looking for a product to make, how about conversion kits, hard to find a well detailed camelback, even in brass without spending alot, same with a cab forward.
I'm curious about the age restriction too-- I put in my two cents already, but why only younger modelers? Is there a study going on? Or a surprise coming for all of us?
ACY I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all. Tom
We're chopped liver. Heck, I was chopped liver when I was in my twenties too! Besides, if you can remember back that far, yes to what you said.
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29 I miss the days of browser steam kits and roundhouse old timer kits ( still got one that a 2-6-0 old timer unassembled ) but if a company is going release a new kit. I want to see a Northern Pacific 4-8-0 twelve wheeler. And hopefully it come dcc conversion friendly.
I belong to several forums...some involving different topics than hobbies.
And I'll have to say...this forum seems to have some of the most sensitive people on it, or at least people that feel no inhibition to claim their sensitivities to the reading world...involving a variey of threads and topics over the years.
The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too. Big deal.
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tstage Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale. Tom P.S. I'm waaaaaaay over the cut-off date.
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Something esoteric and unique, definitely something uncommon. Maybe an F7? ;)
Actually, I wouldn't mind a Alco FA-1, as they have only been made by MTH in the past 15 years, and are hardly economical for a fleet engine.
Really though, I wouldn't care so much about the model, and more about the price point and availability of spare/detail parts. If I could build more blue-box models, I would, but unassembled ones tend to be too expensive in my area, for what you get.
I'd be okay with steam engines, too, but only if the wheels came pre-assembled!
Julian
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