Originally Posted by Will Ebbert:
I already have this, if I sold it I probably wouldn't get as much as I paid for it, and even if I get the details to add on, brass steamers just look so much better than die cast. Corners are crisper, details are finer. On die cast steamers, things that should be thin like the cab sides and the coal bunker on the tender scale to be 2 or 3 inches thick. Plus, this makes a project for me and it will be a locomotive to be proud of for the rest of my life. Anyone can buy a Lionel locomotive and slap a couple extra details on it, but this is something special.
I won't rehash everyone else's doubts, but if you are able to do this please share pics.
