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daniel_leavitt2000

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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #30 on: February 04, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »
The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models. Add the fact that the E33 DOES NOT have a blower duct, and this may be a very nice model should they choose to do it. Their Conrail blue is just about right, lets hope they get the logos in the right position this time.
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #31 on: February 04, 2010, 07:33:00 PM »
Quote from: daniel_leavitt2000 on February 04, 2010, 06:14:00 PM
The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models.

I would volunteer that the Acela is a really nice looking model.  I am extremely frustrated that the cafe car can barely push a full 8-car train out of the box.  I will probably do some tweaking at some point and try to improve the performance on my set, but the out of the box performance definitely falls in the "miss" category.
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #32 on: February 04, 2010, 08:15:57 PM »

Quote from: davidone on February 04, 2010, 12:59:11 AM
... I will never buy another Bachmann product again and i don't care if they are perfect. You just can't trust them to put out a good product, too hit and miss.

But if they do put them out and they are perfect, then you don't have a reason not to buy them...right?

Quote from: davidone on February 04, 2010, 12:59:11 AM
IM  made them then i'm in

Some make take issue with this... ;D
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #33 on: February 04, 2010, 10:39:16 PM »
I got to wonder, I have heard this a few times. My full 8 car set works fine up a 2.5% 12 foot long grade. I have heard these were bad pullers. When I got mine, I put both traction tires on the inside axle on one truck. This helped traction and derailment issues. The train ran fine after that. I eventually added Kato wheelsets to the cars because they roll better and are easier to gage for Atlas C55 track.

Again, maybe my set was special, but I have had very few problems.


Quote from: eric220 on February 04, 2010, 07:33:00 PM
Quote from: daniel_leavitt2000 on February 04, 2010, 06:14:00 PM
The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models.

I would volunteer that the Acela is a really nice looking model.  I am extremely frustrated that the cafe car can barely push a full 8-car train out of the box.  I will probably do some tweaking at some point and try to improve the performance on my set, but the out of the box performance definitely falls in the "miss" category.
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #34 on: February 05, 2010, 10:28:11 PM »
On a related note I may just have to turn one of these:



...into one of these (from the CRHS site):

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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #35 on: February 06, 2010, 10:17:03 PM »
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #36 on: February 06, 2010, 10:45:57 PM »
Quote from: Dave Vollmer on February 05, 2010, 10:28:11 PM
On a related note I may just have to turn one of these:

...into one of these (from the CRHS site):

Just one?  Unless you're going to pair it with an all-black one. 8)

I've got an extra green unit from the first release that I was going to hold on to for possibly converting into a NH EP4 ... but since it appears Kato will be releasing G's on a regular basis, I might repaint an all-black CR unit and then pick up a single stripe and model the version above to pair with it.
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Re: E33 by Bachmann
« Reply #37 on: February 09, 2010, 11:49:50 AM »
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