To add to Don's comment, the Lionel engine is Hi-rail while Sunset is fully scale. Unless your layout is set up to handle both, that distinction will probably be the deciding factor. I have seen both models, Iexamined the Lionel model briefly yesterday, in fact. It was clearly evident that it had been originally tooled as am O gauge engine, as their is a very wide gap between the wheels and the centipede tender sideframes.
Much of the Lionel detail is cast-on, not the case with brass model. Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Don Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Andy, > The Sunset engine is S Scale, the Lionel > is S Gauge. The XYZ scale > is not the same as it is a scale 18" too tall. > Don > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 11:45 PM, [email protected] > wrote: > > > Kids are gone so I'm back to building an "S" Scale > layout. > > > > I'm looking to purchase the new Lionel AF Big Boy but > have the > > opportunity to pick-up a Mint Sunset Models Big Boy > (Never ran or > > out of its box!). Does anyone have any experience with > the Sunset > > version. It appears to have alot more detail. ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
