Dear B-mann:
I noticed the announcement of a USRA light 2-8-2 in HO scale. I looked at the list of available road names, and noticed that BALTIMORE AND OHIO was not one of them. Often, when B-mann issues a product in HO scale, the product appears in N scale a little later.
This request is for the N scale version of this, assuming that it appears. Please include BALTIMORE AND OHIO as an available road name in N scale. The first USRA locomotive was a light 2-8-2 assigned to the BALTIMORE AND OHIO. This locomotive still exists. It is on display at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. It does not run (at least not that I know), but it does exist. BALTIMORE AND OHIO had one hundred of these things. They ran everywhere on the B&O, including into Philadelphia, where B-mann is based.
I suppose that I could buy one of the others and remove the lettering, prepare the surface and re-letter with one of the Microscale sets, as Microscale does have a set for these locomotives. This would assume that I could get the tender shell off the chassis and at least the cab, if not the whole locomotive shell off its chassis. This would assume, further, that the factory in China does not use the same sort of superglue that it has used on other locomotive windows, which precludes their intact removal. Instead, you must either tape over the windows or, if you must strip the shell to re-paint, you must destroy the glazing (as the stripper will ruin it) and replace with the Microkristallkleer.
I have liked your latest issues of small to average sized steam in N scale (as well as the B&O EM-1), so I do look forward to seeing this one in N scale. While it is true that Model Power, under the auspices of Model Rectifier Corporation, has re-issued its USRA lights, the detailing is not as good as the latest B-manns. In addition, the B-manns have up to date construction, particullarly when it comes to electrical contact. While MRC/MP has made some alterations to address the contact problems, the construction employed by B-mann is up-to-date and therefore superior to the modification of an archaic construction method.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
--PL
I noticed the announcement of a USRA light 2-8-2 in HO scale. I looked at the list of available road names, and noticed that BALTIMORE AND OHIO was not one of them. Often, when B-mann issues a product in HO scale, the product appears in N scale a little later.
This request is for the N scale version of this, assuming that it appears. Please include BALTIMORE AND OHIO as an available road name in N scale. The first USRA locomotive was a light 2-8-2 assigned to the BALTIMORE AND OHIO. This locomotive still exists. It is on display at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. It does not run (at least not that I know), but it does exist. BALTIMORE AND OHIO had one hundred of these things. They ran everywhere on the B&O, including into Philadelphia, where B-mann is based.
I suppose that I could buy one of the others and remove the lettering, prepare the surface and re-letter with one of the Microscale sets, as Microscale does have a set for these locomotives. This would assume that I could get the tender shell off the chassis and at least the cab, if not the whole locomotive shell off its chassis. This would assume, further, that the factory in China does not use the same sort of superglue that it has used on other locomotive windows, which precludes their intact removal. Instead, you must either tape over the windows or, if you must strip the shell to re-paint, you must destroy the glazing (as the stripper will ruin it) and replace with the Microkristallkleer.
I have liked your latest issues of small to average sized steam in N scale (as well as the B&O EM-1), so I do look forward to seeing this one in N scale. While it is true that Model Power, under the auspices of Model Rectifier Corporation, has re-issued its USRA lights, the detailing is not as good as the latest B-manns. In addition, the B-manns have up to date construction, particullarly when it comes to electrical contact. While MRC/MP has made some alterations to address the contact problems, the construction employed by B-mann is up-to-date and therefore superior to the modification of an archaic construction method.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
--PL