GOT IT! Akane AC12

[twhite]

You got a good deal on that one, my friend. You're right, it's a honey, and it will pull the paint off of the walls, believe me. Akane made superb running, heavy pulling locos, especially their articulateds, back in the 1960's. Very few brass locos back then had any kind of cab interior detail, the cabs were usually taken up with the heavy-duty open-frame motors instead. One thing I would recommend, is that if the articulated drive connection is rubber tubing between the 1st and second set of drivers, that you replace it with some kind of ball-socket mechanism, that will put less strain on the motor on the curves. I've got four Akane articulateds, (two AC's and two Missabe M-4's) and I replaced the connections with Proto West slip and socket drive shafts (the same thing used in Athearn diesels), and it works out very well.
Enjoy your AC--I think Akane produced some wonderful brass locos when it was in business--wi***hey were still around.
Tom [:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

I picked it up yesterday. I bought it on ebay for $411.85, shipping included.

[loathar]

Do you own that? I bet that cost a few cents! Sweet![^]

[Anonymous]

Love this engine!



The drive system is great, really detailed in most parts, my only wonder is, why don't they take this detail to the interior?

Does Bowser or any other company make interior kits for this model?

I have also another version with an oil tender.