Test drove one of the new snoots on saturday at my local hobby shop. Ran great look pretty good except for the walkways on the ATSF units. They're yellow, they should be blue. Let us know what everyone else thinks.
An entrepreneur on e-bay has a $100 bid for one. Are they really worth that? ------------------ Keep on Track'N Harold Riley www.phcomputing.com
no look in model railroader and nscale magazines and the dealers are selling them for 70 to 80 bucks. that is about the right price ------------------ bnfan99
Hi again, A few questions Is it still UNION PAC IF IC, and are there any other dumb errors? Also, is there any general problems, as I have been bracing for them to make some mistake that only a blind cat could make. No offence intended to CATT! Happy Railroading! Dane N. PS-I want some in Canada, I hate hearing 'bout new stuff and not being able to get hold of it ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
I have 2 BNSF snoots on order a little strange for a guy who models UP but I wanted some through traffic running on my layout. I'll let you know what I think of the locos when they arrive in the land downunder ------------------ http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pcassar/index
I had ordered a Santa Fe and a BNSF unit each. I was informed the Santa Fe was a no-go, sold out already. (Damn limited runs!) Now I understand that the SF/BNSF snoots are the wrong body anyway. The snoot's too short and it's supposed to have anti-climbers, which the Kato model doesn't! If they're going to do a model, I wish they'd do it right! ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback [This message has been edited by Maxwell Plant (edited 02 May 2000).]
I have a Santa Fe and a BNSF unit on order, looks like I will have to do a few 'mods' to make them correct. Will not be altering the nose though! I hear that the Santa Fe one has a yellow walkway!!! Oh dear . . . . ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com
Again, they still aren't in Van, but it sounds like there will be a better suply in N scale then there was in HO Glad to hear that!! Happy Railroading!! Dane N. ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
I have three of the snoots for CP and I gaurantee you the snoots will be altered to get a more proto look to them. Hey Brett my loco hobby shop has quite a few Santa Fe units if you need one let me know. ------------------ Catt!
This may sound dumb but maybe if we boycott them or make a big enough fuss about it they will change. ------------------ Theres no such thing as having to many coal hoppers or GP40-2 when you model Chessie System LONG LIVE THE KITTEN!!! LONG LIVE BIG BLUE!!!
Brent, Kato did it right for the -2 'snoot'... right for a particular order that went to UP only... More were built wih anti-climbers, though. t does make you wonder... Gary ------------------ Gary A. Rose The Unofficial TC&W page N to the Nth degree!
I'm not much of a "body cutter" and I really don't want to layout a bunch of cabbage for something that isn't right. I'll get my BNSF unit, but the SF can wait until they get it right, or I have the time and inclination to fix it myself. ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback, Member #234
Come on, at least we will have some more locos. I don't really mind doing a few mods. I detail all my locomotives anyway - eventually ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com
Alan has a good point, as uassual, that it is one more loco. They can't make it correct for every one, although withh that said they could work on the paint.. Happy Railroading! Dane N. ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
Anyway. I too like to detail my loco's, but adding the correct nose length and an anti-climber is a little more than I'm willing to do. That was Kato's job, not mine. If they are going to do "many different phases" of the SD40-2, then they could of waited to do the 128"? nose later and release it in BNSF or SF at that time. What do these guys think we are? Did they really think we wouldn't notice THIS mistake? We've caught and complained about all the others, why would they think we would miss this one? ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback, Member #234 [This message has been edited by Alan (edited 28 July 2000).]
Hurrah! My hobby dealer called last night to let me know that my snoots are in . By the way Alan my Peco code 55 flex track and Electrofrog turnouts have arrived. Peco puts out a nice product, but then you know that . I have almost decided on the switch motors I will use with the points. I say almost because I have bought one Switch Master and one Circuitron Tortoise slow motion switch machine. Some of the DCC folks prefer the Switch Master, but I'm one of those that has to bump my own head at times. I am told that both will do the job just fine but is a bit easier to setup the Switch Master with DCC. I want to do a mockup of both with the points for I need to learn how to interface the machines with the turnouts anyway. ------------------ Residing in BNSF's St. Croix Subdivision near Trempealeau, WI [This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 05 May 2000).]
Patrick, thanks for choosing quality British track It will last forever. Good luck with the layout, let us know the outcome of your switch machine tests. ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com
How is the painting on the BNSF H I's. In a photo I saw it looked like the top of the cab was the dark green like the rest of the body?????? That's not prototypical is it?? Thanks...........Craig
