Originally Posted by Tiffany:
Hello guys and gals.....
I quit buying newer die-cast lomotives for the very same reason ( casting blisters,out gassing, crumbling) and bought my first sunset 3rd brass engine which i am very happy. The postwar,LTI, MPC era lionels dont have this problem with the die-casting. The chinese make junk die-casting,shame on them.
the woman who loves the S.F. 5011
Tiffany
Tiffany,this is NOT true of 99.99% of the Chinese and Korean diecast locomotives,we had an extensive thread/discussion on this a few weeks ago.