Bob, You're right about the PBL loco's coming painted, weathered and DCC/sound ready, but what's even more interesting is that they're latest offering is called a Hybrid locomotive (no it doesn't run on batteries), which combines a brass superstructure with a cast metal frame greatly reducing the cost. With the average PBL brass engine hovering around $1500, the new hybrids price out at under $500 (without DDC and sound). Too bad we can convince PBL to do a standard gauge hybrid.
Bob On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob is totally correct about our narrow minded brethren. another > interesting thing is that their steam power available ranges from the > pre 20's to the present time. Another interesting observation is that > the number of narrow scalers greatly outnumber us wide gauge guys, but > they are almost never heard of in the NASG realm, ... cousin Dave Heine > and Jeff Smith come to mind. > > I tune into a narrow gauge list and it's also amazing that guys who once > build kits, scratch built cars and engines are also now buying PBL RTR > stuff and I would guess that most brass PBL engines are now sold > painted, weathered, and DCCsound ready. We're not the only ones getting > lazy in our modeling. What's next ---RTR pre painted styrofoam mountain > scenery!! ha > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > Robert Frascella wrote: > > > > > > > Incidently, if there was a class specific steam locomotive S-scale > > competition, neither the Mighty PRR nor the NYC would win. In fact, you > > could probably put all of the Pennsy and NYC engines on one side of the > > scale and the Rio Grande would win hands down if you consider the > > efforts of > > PBL, PFM and Tomalco. Of course, the track gauge would be a little > > narrower, but nevertheless, still S-scale. > > > > Happy Hoildays to all, > > > > Bob Frascella > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
