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ANYBODY OUT THERE GET THE NEW SD70MAC FROM KATO? NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY RUN AND HOW GOOD THE NEW COUPLERS ARE. THANKS
Posts: 2 | From: lafayette,IN | Registered: Jul 2003
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My personal experience with Kato has not been good. The SD70MAC has just reaffirmed it. Again, good shell details and Exellent performance. But I swear, they hire monkeys to paint these things. I know a 4 year old girl who likes trains, which geven the proper tuitalage could probably do better.
Wait for the Athearn ones to come out. Their paint jobs will be far superior.
James
Posts: 315 | From: Lander,WY USA | Registered: Jan 2002
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I was in my local hobby shop, and he had a few Kato locomotive on the shelf. I'm amazed at how bad the paint colors are. He had sd45's in the blue and yellow warbonnet scheme and I think the other models were sd40-2s in blue and yellow warbonnet. The yellow on one model was bright almost gold. The other model was almost a yellow-orange. Neither color was close to Santa Fe.
Posts: 70 | From: Lakewood, California, U.S.A. | Registered: Mar 2003
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I recently purchase a Kato SD70 Mac BNSF Heritage II paint scheme road # 8802 with nose head lights, The running is excellent and I have had no problem with coupling to my MT cars. Did not like it that I had to install the number boards, some of the grab rails and the hoses, you would think for that kind of money they could finish the assembly. Bee-Line
Posts: 1 | From: Florida | Registered: Jul 2003
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Confirmed on the Athearn Genesis alternative. I recently purchased an NYSW SD70MAC and am very happy with it save installing all those grab irons and rails. For the price they definitely should be coming fully assembled.
Posts: 4 | From: Mt. Holly Springs | Registered: May 2003
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