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New Athearn Geep
« on: March 11, 2010, 07:44:13 PM »
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 09:51:49 PM »
Nice, C'mon 4 step sills!!

(most, if not all of BN's were 4-step silled)
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Vincent

If N scale had good SD40-2s, C30-7s, U30Cs, SD45s, SD40s, and SW10s; I'd be in N scale.

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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2010, 03:13:07 PM »
Wow, that's gonna kick the CRAP out of the P2K ones. And I thought those were pretty nice.
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2010, 11:08:11 AM »
And all those SP specific details....it's almost enough reson to switch scales!
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2010, 08:10:53 PM »
Any
links that don't require a facebook account?  Yup, I'm an old geezer stuck in my ways witout any desire for social networking beyond a few forums...
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2010, 08:44:21 PM »
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Vincent

If N scale had good SD40-2s, C30-7s, U30Cs, SD45s, SD40s, and SW10s; I'd be in N scale.

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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2010, 09:06:21 PM »
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large vat of solvent to use in putting my Athearn/FrontRange/RailPower units out of thier misery...
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2010, 09:11:26 PM »
So far all their models point to west coast prototypes. WP and SP. It might be nice to have some Northeast prototypes! If the drive is that which the F units have, this should be killer.
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2010, 09:30:58 PM »
Quote from: Guilford Guy on March 13, 2010, 09:11:26 PM
So far all their models point to west coast prototypes. WP and SP. It might be nice to have some Northeast prototypes! If the drive is that which the F units have, this should be killer.

They mentioned DLW also used the barrel light, so there may be one so far.

Quote from: TiVoPrince on March 13, 2010, 09:06:21 PM
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large vat of solvent to use in putting my Athearn/FrontRange/RailPower units out of thier misery...
I agree about the old Athearn shells. As for the FR/RP shells, they are okay (not too bad, but not to good either), especially if they want a large amount of geeps.
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If N scale had good SD40-2s, C30-7s, U30Cs, SD45s, SD40s, and SW10s; I'd be in N scale.

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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2010, 01:05:49 AM »
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2010, 08:31:44 PM »
Hotness!
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2010, 11:22:21 AM »
Remarkable.
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2010, 12:01:12 PM »
Hmm... I think it looks a little crappy for a Genesis model.  Not on par with the F units at least...  Look at how horrible some things are rendered: door gaps, sand filler hatches, knuckle busters... 
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2010, 03:33:40 PM »
They look good to me.  Maybe you'd like me to bring over my Athearn Blue Box GP9 for you to look at.   :P
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Re: New Athearn Geep
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2010, 08:52:48 AM »
No doubt it's better than the previous Blue Box Special.  And it's a little better than Front Range.  But for a blockbuster Genesis attempt, it's not quite up to par.  The bar is pretty high in HO these days.



Just look at those door gaps.  Egads.
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