bachmann 1:20:3 wagons
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daveyb
badger tickling, sheep worrying
there nice,,, and theres some good value out there,,, check out ehattons for gondolas and tankers
gondola is nice in brown and at 46 pounds bargain
and b2b6 has some black tankers too ,,,,,, 65 pounds
the new boxcar is nice,, but shiny paintwork puts me off,,, oh and price,,,, and its a made up design i think,,,,,,,
gondola is nice in brown and at 46 pounds bargain
and b2b6 has some black tankers too ,,,,,, 65 pounds
the new boxcar is nice,, but shiny paintwork puts me off,,, oh and price,,,, and its a made up design i think,,,,,,,
spike
It's me
Here is some Spectrum stuff I have aquired.
It's quite good stuff and prices are good for what you get.
The 2bay hopper
DRGW Flat
and here they are on the move
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yJr28m3_wY&feature=related
It's quite good stuff and prices are good for what you get.
The 2bay hopper
DRGW Flat
and here they are on the move
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yJr28m3_wY&feature=related
Yes the hoppers look very fine.
Heres my train of them:
http://www.youtube.com/user/roadrunnerfn?feature=mhum#p/u/11/A5hvVLnYyVE < Link To http://www.youtube.com/us...hum#p/u/11/A5hvVLnYyVE
for me, the spectrum cars are from better quality as the AMS are. Many details of the AMS cars tend to break very fast, so spectrum plastics seem to be more stable.
Disadvantage is that this plastic looks more glancy and the cars are more in need of a "after-painting" than the AMS are.
I have the hoppers (6), a gondola with impressive dampers at side, a flat car and the famous (and very nice) bachmann-spectrum caboose.
The spectrums are running MUCH more save than the AMS ones do (AMS tends to have sticky trucks and bad running axles).
The only thing about them that i dont like are thos uggly couplers. So, other than the bachmann large scale couplers (to which the spectrums are compatible) the spectrum ones WORK. and not just that they work, the work WELL and SURE.
But the look worse!
The really only thing about that product to critisize hard.
Comparison with the bachmann large scale line is unfair:
there is a price-factor from about 200-300% in it, what makes the one line to a model, and the other line to a toy.
Me, i found a place for the old cars to be....
This is my "OOOPS" place:
Here the Hoppers in Line:
And here is the Caboose in Peter Bounce´s growing Latice Steel Bridge
Greetings
Frank
Heres my train of them:
http://www.youtube.com/user/roadrunnerfn?feature=mhum#p/u/11/A5hvVLnYyVE < Link To http://www.youtube.com/us...hum#p/u/11/A5hvVLnYyVE
for me, the spectrum cars are from better quality as the AMS are. Many details of the AMS cars tend to break very fast, so spectrum plastics seem to be more stable.
Disadvantage is that this plastic looks more glancy and the cars are more in need of a "after-painting" than the AMS are.
I have the hoppers (6), a gondola with impressive dampers at side, a flat car and the famous (and very nice) bachmann-spectrum caboose.
The spectrums are running MUCH more save than the AMS ones do (AMS tends to have sticky trucks and bad running axles).
The only thing about them that i dont like are thos uggly couplers. So, other than the bachmann large scale couplers (to which the spectrums are compatible) the spectrum ones WORK. and not just that they work, the work WELL and SURE.
But the look worse!
The really only thing about that product to critisize hard.
Comparison with the bachmann large scale line is unfair:
there is a price-factor from about 200-300% in it, what makes the one line to a model, and the other line to a toy.
Me, i found a place for the old cars to be....
This is my "OOOPS" place:
Here the Hoppers in Line:
And here is the Caboose in Peter Bounce´s growing Latice Steel Bridge
Greetings
Frank
daveyb
badger tickling, sheep worrying
i like the spectrum range,,, apart from being mostly ficticious and horrible cupplers,, there pretty good
i have 7 flats, 2 hoppers, 6 gondolas and 11 tankers
and none of them cost more than 55, in fact average price was around 35 to 45 either special offer or s/hand
i love the tankers and gondolas,,
a caboose would be nice too,,, as would be a few box cars but they seldom reach bargain basement level,,, ehattons were selling them of for 65 but i missed out on them due to fund shortage etc
as to correct prototypes,, i think the tankers and caboose are real,,, the rest are made up
which is great for bashing etc,,,
have seen the new box car at b2b6,,, very nice,,,
i have 7 flats, 2 hoppers, 6 gondolas and 11 tankers
and none of them cost more than 55, in fact average price was around 35 to 45 either special offer or s/hand
i love the tankers and gondolas,,
a caboose would be nice too,,, as would be a few box cars but they seldom reach bargain basement level,,, ehattons were selling them of for 65 but i missed out on them due to fund shortage etc
as to correct prototypes,, i think the tankers and caboose are real,,, the rest are made up
which is great for bashing etc,,,
have seen the new box car at b2b6,,, very nice,,,
They are very nice models but alot larger than there 1.22 stock .
CoggesRailway
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sorry to be daft but what scale are the bachmann wagons in this train? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0cyTW3TPy0
CoggesRailway
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thanks chaps!
Rookwood Central
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The U-tube video shows LGB locomotive, suspect scale probably around 1.22, wagons are mixed scales, some 1:29 and Bachmann at 1.22.5, which mix and match very well, the Newer Bachmann Spectrum series are 1:20.3 (very big.)