Most who have had early brass and some more recent offers have had
problems. Most of these had to do with cold solder joints, universals
and shorts, that with a little work can be fixed or corrected. Most
who have the AM steam engines have praised their running qualities and
basic good looks. However, of our members had a Pacific that would jam
up sometimes. The answer from AM was--"you must have dropped it"
without an offer to replace it! Another member had the ATSF engine and
repeatly had the rim come off the driver. So operating problems come in
all styles and price ranges, but they can be solved!
I have a fair amount of brass steam, much of it older OMI (USRA's +FEF),
Ominicon (Small steam), PBL (Shay) and Southwind (2-8-0 &4-4-2). Some
have had work done to them while others are mechanically out of the
box--they have been running for about 20 years--not bad in my book. How
many cars or small appliances are twenty years old and still running! I
don't have any of the newer RR steam stuff because they don't fit my
prototype railroads--but when they do I hope to be able to scrap
together enough for one.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
roy inman wrote:
> I unfortunately do not have any S scale brass, but I do have a Third Rail
> brass ATSF Northern that runs like a champ.
>
> Roy Inman
> ......
>
> > <snip> its still BRASS. <snip> (2) it will probably have
> > operational issues (read : won't run well).
> > John Degnan
>
> "S"cuse me, please. May I politely disagree with the above point of
> view? The material that a model is made from has nothing to do with
> it's running quality. I have several brass models that run perfectly
> right out of the box. And, over the years, I have purchased some of
> the other kind too -- unfortunately. But even the bad ones are fixable
> and so, after some effort, I am happy with those as well. Some
> importers test run brass locos on their own personal layouts. Others
> ship whatever they receive from Korea/China without even opening the
> box. As Ross Perot would say, "The devil is in the details." As Ed L.
> would say, "Test running a hand made brass model is the only way to
> know for sure." And, modern brass is a heckuva lot different
> (improved) than the older stuff from the 1980s era. Just an opinion.
> Cheers...Ed L.
>
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>
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