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I’ve never bought any new, as I’m a budget type, the rapidos I do have are some of the best RS I own, I swapped out the wheels for some accurail (brown) ones though. I prefer the color. 👍🏻
Non operating rear ditch lights?? This is not acceptable for these days with this price range. All other companies got this featured nailed down years ago. Cab lighting is a cool feature but there's no way to dimmed it down. I did asked BLI about this few years ago before Paragon 4 came out and they still have not changed.
One small problem I had on both of mine was the misalignment of the Budd brake disc which caused rubbing on the axle and drag on the car. Because this assembly is glued in place there was no 'adjusting' it. I had hoped to remove them and ream the opening larger for more axle clearance. The brake disc is a clever detail but I chose to remove them as they hampered smooth running. One very MINOR nitpick would be that I'd like to see the signboards for the car name sit more flush with the side of the fluting. On the actual cars they didn't quite protrude away from the fluting as much as the models depict. Still, great cars and I sure hope to see more. An New York Central 'Brook' series bedroom-lounge-observation would be nice!
good video there brother james i like that work bench and nice looking passager car did you get the wand to turn the light?? well good video Mr James thank for sharing robert
I'm on the fence about this model. Apparently these slumber coaches did run on the Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr but only to Denver and not between Denver and Sacramento.
James, I liked this review. I have pretty old Rapido C&NW cars, and they are not very good. And I have more BLI California Zephyr cars than existed in real life. And these BLI cars are real rubbish. The intention was good I think, but the end result of the lamination process used to construct them was a complete mess. Warped sides, bowed chassis, you name it. It takes hours to fix a single car. So Rapido is to be encouraged with cars at this level. At least they are trying.
Many match Rapido on price, but none match them on detail, quality and customer service. I actually think these are a relative bargain compared to all the other half hearted releases at this price point from other manufacturers. . .
great review . I have some of their older passenger cars for the Norfolk and Western , the interior have insane detail , the interior doors have knobs on them ,the toilets have flush handles. the only time that you can see this is when you take the car apart to change the batteries,
I don't think that would work. They said 22 would require modifying trucks or underframe. The S curve would make it even more of an issue. Recommended minimum without modifications is 24.
I did a review on them when they came out. I have phase lll Loch Leven. Man, I've all but replaced much of my passenger equipment with Rapido passenger cars! Not only that, they have an exuberant amount of details, they don't derail!
Since I'm modeling the Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr, it appears very few Rapido passenger cars represent those used on the real train, which I road twice in the 70's. So I've resorted to Walthers cars representing former Santa Fe, UP and other roads that got painted to Amtrak schemes. That said, Rapdo is coming out with the SP 3/4 dome car which did run on the San Francisco Zephyr.
I have one also, however you do not mention what control system you are using. I am using Digitraxx and the NMRA standard is that function 8 is engine start. On this engine function 1 and 2 is engine start. The big problem is that function 2 is momentary so the second motor does not stay on. Another item is that an engine that heavy shouldn't need traction tires, but this one has them and that cuts down on the electrical contact so it stalls on crossings. Otherwise, it is a great looking locomotive for my industrial switching railroad.
The First thing I have to say is that you had over $1,100.00 worth of Broadway Limited ES44AC locomotives on that display cake turner. They all look impressive together and you're a lucky man. Great video, Jersey Bill
Great looking car. The printing on the (UNPX Blue Stencil) is crisp. Got 4 from my local dealer and the weight is loose in two of the cars, both were item 560001A, Road Numbers: 122104/122110. E-mailed Rapido, and told them I'm running them as is. the cars are still balanced and I see no future problems with them.
Thanks for posting the information on the replacement P42 shell. I sent them my information and got email invoice that my free shell is on the way. Suppose to be here Sat 29th.
I wouldn’t buy a product that doesn’t have a detail, because some parts aren’t available at the production time. Especially the light details are very obvious and important details.
Those details on that CP unit look wrong? I don't recall seeing a UP ES44 version with the "split" dynamic brakes with that particular road number. I think that someone dropped the ball on that project but if anyone wants to spend their money on it, whom am I to stop them.🤷♂️🤐
