@Rusty Traque posted:As I mentioned above, the loco is more or less an FP7 and not an F3. FP7's were 4 feet longer than F3/7/9's. It would be interesting if one of the 200 has a GDD FP7 to compare length only to.
While the next photo is of S Scale models, it illustrates the difference in length between an F3 and FP7.
Otherwise, the devil is in the details, but given the price point for this product I'm not going to drill down into them. I'm taking it for what it is: a reasonably priced, attractive, entry level O gauge locomotive.
Rusty
I have several Sunset FP7s in 2R. Knowing that this locomotive is closer in scale to an FP7 makes it a prime candidate for a makeover even if I plan on keeping the Menards "pre-production" version as-is for just having fun with at local events when I operate with an existing "homeless" ATSF F3B I already have. I'll take a side by side photo when mine arrives over the weekend. I could see repainting production versions for the FP7s on the Verde Valley Railroad.
