--- In [email protected], "Scott" <steamtramper@...> wrote:
>
> Rather than hijack someones thread I am starting a new one concerning AM and
> SHS models that people are always modifying. I was under the impression that
> these two companies produced accurate scale models. However all I see are
> postings modifying, changing and or bashing the offering from these two
> companies that seem to be the current backbone of S scale. What is going on?
> I am new to the scale and it just keeps getting more and more confusing. Are
> their offerings scale and just missing a great deal of detail? Are they
> inaccurate and have to be changed? Are they just semi-representational and
> have to be reworked to provide an accurate model? Can someone please offer
> some illumination to this this endless confusion and frustration???
>
> Scott Huston Las Vegas Nevada
>
Scott,
In every scale, modifying and bashing is the backbone of the hobby. It's been
going on since the first model crawled out of the primordial soup of cardstock
and wood.
AM is good, SHS is/was better. SHS was recently purchased by MTH if you are
not aware.
Think of American Models as Athearn before their Genesis Line appeared.
You get a good running, solid model with acceptable detail by itself, that also
provides a blank canvas for those who prefer something more detailed.
AM models do tend to be Generic, while the Northern, Hudson and streamlined K4
represent specific prototypes.
SHS was admittedly better detailed and each of their products has a basis in a
specfic prototype. The F-units did have some detail variation dependent of the
roadname.
Are these products the ultimate in model railroad detail? No. The "perfectly
detailed" mass produced model doesn't exist in any scale. That is where
limited run and brass importers come in, and there can be shortcomings there,
too.
You also have to consider that AM is and SHS was a very small company without
the resources of likes of Athearn and Walthers available to them. The fact
that both of these companies have put out the amount of product they have is
amazing.
Rich G(ajnak)
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