- ATHEARN BLUE BOX DECODER DIRECT TO TRUCKS OR FRAME PDF
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032 deep slot in the truck gear covers and installed an. I then readĪn article online about putting wipers on some locos, so I proceeded to mill out an. I hesitated putting in a decoder after I switched to DCC, but went ahead and did it anyway. My switcher was brand new it worked quite well (on DC) then later on after a few years, it stalled a lot (on DC). Yes, the Hobbytown locos do seem to stall often. However, I found out that is not quite true. Given they were undecs, it makes sense to me to avoid all the work and trade them for today's excellent RTR models from Athearn, Atlas, Stewart, Walthers, etc, when possible.I have a few Hobbytown of Boston diesels with brass wheels and my friends have told me that the brass wheels get dirty quickly and do not conduct very well. The Kato drives are terrific, but the body only average. They were sacrificed via HOYardsale when the three Athearn's became available. I also had two Kato SD45's, undecs, that would likewise have needed lots of work to Frisco-ize. That's about all the GP35's I need, though I would like to pick up the second Overland some day.
ATHEARN BLUE BOX DECODER DIRECT TO TRUCKS OR FRAME PLUS
I traded one Kato and sold the other four on HOYardsale for fairly good prices, all of which just about covered the cost of my one Overland (SLSF 711) plus two new Athearn (SLSF 717 & 725) GP35's, all of which I picked up on eBay. They would have each required a lot of work to Frisco-ize, so I started to dispose of them when the Overland b/y Frisco "torpedo tube" GP35's became available (they did a great job on these). The drives were great, the body details were OK, not spectacular, trucks likewise. Regarding the Kato GP35 - I had five of them at one time, all undecs, all three phases. Still have it (SLSF 302), still running, but has been re-geared, and needs to be re-motored. I'm not sure what the first SW7 (Athearn called it a SW1500) had - the first one I bought was gear driven. The GP7 when first introduced might have had it, maybe also the GP30, but when they developed the geared drive, these and other new Athearn diesels came with gear drives.
ATHEARN BLUE BOX DECODER DIRECT TO TRUCKS OR FRAME FULL
Trouble was, at full throttle, they ran at about 200MPH! I know Athearn had the HiF rubber band drive in their F7 A&B models, and in the Hustler industrial diesel, and the Budd RDC's. Once the train was rolling, they responded smoothly to changes in the throttle. They actually ran pretty well, the multiple drives dampening out the lurching start a single unit under load would display. I had an ABBA set of Athearn F7's back in the 1962-63 times - three Hi-F drives and one dummy. Now I am encouraging Ken or anyone else to look this over and weigh in on how what's in the bag plus other available parts can make a respectable Frisco model.
ATHEARN BLUE BOX DECODER DIRECT TO TRUCKS OR FRAME PDF
One would assume that it will have the updated drive that has been used lately of their RTR line.īelow is the link to the announcement in both JPEG and PDF form listing the parts that will be included. It will be partially assembled, DCC Ready, and come with a baggy full of add-on detail parts. Well, maybe this offering falls in the "what comes around, goes around category" or even maybe better yet the "be careful what you ask for category".Īthearn has just announced production of an Undecorated Only Phase 1a version of the GP35 in HO using the Rail Power Products tooling. There has been some discussion lately about the days when the only way to get Frisco models was to get the undecorated version and paint it.
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