Re: PC: Re: Stewart's Alco C628

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Really at $90 they aren't bad by the time you figure what it will cost to
put something together that looks decent...  what can you do, put an Atlas
C-425 cab on an AHM/LL/MP shell?  now you're talking anywhere from $15-$30
into it and no drive, no frame and no handrails.   Comparatively to build a
Rail Power SD90MAC up as nice as some of the recent modeling articles you'd
be talking $90 or so, or more with an Overland chassis.

If you have to you could try how I got my RS-11 - body shell one year,
frame later (after I milled down an Athearn GP-9 frame to accept the body,
of course), and finally a $30 C425 lost it's drive to it.   Course it was
one more year before I got the right driveshafts for it, but still I have a
powered undec RS11 -

Bill K.

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> From: Chris Osterhus <su_carbs -AT- hotmail.com>
> To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
> Subject: Re: PC: Re: Stewart's Alco C628
> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 1:11 PM
> 
> >I've been looking forward to these units as well.  $89.99 from a 
> discount
> >vendor?  Ouch!!!!  Anyone Know what the MRSP on these things are?
> >  Seeing has MB Klien is a discount vendor and a distributor I would 
> suspect
> >that the local hobby shop should get these Centuries sometime the 
> beginning
> >of next week.
> 
> $89.99 for an undec engine?? That may be a little steep for my 
> wallet...I'll probably stick with kitbashing them (MR ran some articles 
> awhile back...)
> 
> --Chris Osterhus
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