Mountain wrote:You can pick these things up quite cheaply. The main issue is to try to make them useable on a layout as they are generally designed for their looks rather then with conversion in mind.
Having said this, it is an interesting challenge, as long as one does not end up paying more out then a conventional working model will be to get rhe things to run!
Absolutely!
I had that in mind.
In this instance, I have to install a coupling - appears to be straightforward and cheap upgrade.
The wheels roll fine out of the box but they are binding a lil bit on some curves so will need to adjust them somehow.
Yellow railings need painting imo.
It looks like this loco will be converted to a dummy for cheap.
I can see it as a part of a train. Thinking further, since they are so cheap, I could get 3, perhaps 4 and marry them to a powerful kato/atlas for a 4-5 header train.