Anyone heard of MORE Imports? SP GS-2

[Norway2112]

I recently acquired two SP GS-2's by MORE Imports of Japan, made by LIK Enterprises in Korea in 2005.  I was wondering if anyone else on here has ever owned one of their engines?  I know they also made a GS-1, GS-6 released in 2005 and made a 4-6-6-4 Challenger for SP&S and GN released in 2004.

My first impressions are very good, these engines have incredible detail and the quality of the craftsmanship is up there with the best brass I have ever seen.  Very clean and tight solder joints, flawless paint.  They also are rather heavy engines so I imagine when I get the opportunity to test their pulling abilities, they'll do pretty well.

If anyone else owns one of these engines, or another engine by MORE/LIK, I would love to hear your feedback about them.

Here are a couple pictures of mine, sorry about the quality as all I had handy was a cell phone.

Phillip

 

[spookshow]

I don't have any first-hand experience with them (mainly because they hardly ever show up on eBay, so little or no opportunity for me to acquire one). But here's what I do know about them -

http://www.spookshow.net/more484.html
http://www.spookshow.net/more4664.html

If you ever get the urge to pull the shell off of one of yours I'd love to have a picture of the internals 

Cheers,
-Mark

[Norway2112]

Mark,

I have seen your pages on them before.  I plan to put a decoder in at least one of them and was already thinking about taking pictures for you.  When I get the time I'll do a more thorough review of them and see what kind of radius they can handle and how many cars they pull etc. etc and provide that to you.

I also have an SP 4-10-2 that will be getting a decoder soon too that I can provide a photo of the internals for you.

Phillip

[spookshow]

Awesome, thanks!

Cheers,
-Mark

[JMaurer1]

Yes, I've had extensive experience with these locomotives...terrible runners and not the best or most accurate detailing. Paint is actually toxic watercolor and will rub off on to your fingers. They were part of a secret plan to dispose of various toxic and nuclear waste by packing it into the tenders and boilers. I would get rid of them as fast as possible.

As a favor, just this once, I will take them off your hands and make sure that they are properly disposed of (well, maybe after I run them awhile).