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Depends on the situation. Something very minor, don't care. The more major it becomes, I start to care. This goes not only with visible detail but with sounds. My new Imperial Railking LIRR Mikado was shipped with sounds from Virginia and Maryland. MTH made it right but something like that is not something I'll live with. 

Originally Posted by PAUL ROMANO:

Do road specific details matter to you on your O Scale diesels?  

Yes, but I don't demand absolute accuracy or fine detail.  The closer to correct the better, but I am happy with my "close enough" models.  I'm sure if this was posted on one of the scale forums, you would find a different philosophy. 

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Moderately important.  Especially so if a particularly distinctive detail.  I generally don't actively research an engine, etc. for the sake of purchasing decisions, though the more I know the pickier I become.  Some things bug me more than others. 

 

Cost v. benefit also plays a role.  For example, I wasn't (& am still not) thrilled with the darkness of the green on the Menard NYC boxcars. However, at $20/car they're good enough, seeing as I was in need of NYC rolling stock. Would've been a no-go at $50/car, though.

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I guess it depends on how noticeable the details are. Something like the stainless steel nose trim on the Milwaukee Road version of the Fairbanks Morse Erie Built is clearly essential to the overall look of the unit. On the other hand, if we are talking about the size of the fuel tank on a road switcher, maybe not so much. Little things like the location of the horn are easy enough to fix yourself.

 

I'm much more interested in road specific details on steam locomotives. When Weaver did its Milwaukee Road 4-6-4, I had a long back-and-forth with Joe Hayter about how the detailing would match up with the numbering of the engines. There were some specific modifications done to these engines when they were renumbered, and I engaged with Joe to make sure that the details matched the numbers. The dialogue ended well; Joe made some design changes to reconcile the details with the numbering and I bought one. 

EBT Jim pretty much sums up my approach.

 

I don't research the prototypes, so I have no clue what's right and wrong.

 

I do respect the degree of details applied to a loco, and will lean to those with more detail.

 

Like Jim, I play with my trains.  As long as I only buy those things that *I* think look great, I'm thrilled.

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