One question for those in-the-know. How much modification would be necessary to run basic conventional engines in a future Bluetooth environment?
Since "future BT Environment" is an undefined quantity, that's a hard one. I can tell you that it's very unlikely to support AC motored conventional stuff.
Admittedly, the AC / DC discussion is way out of my wheelhouse -
Am I correct that most early 2000's "modern" conventional engines - as examples: MTH PS1... or Weaver or K-Line's TMCC up-gradable offerings are DC Locomotives that convert AC to DC ... and could be converted to bluetooth if it's limited to DC only?
I ask - because I'm pretty pleased with the early 2000's K-Line / Weaver / PS-1 (Scale King) level of detail. I picked up several Lionel scale and MTH Premier offerings earlier this year and while the details are nice - I'm nervous to touch them, let alone run them. While I appreciate some details (like the added details on F7 trucks), some things are a bit too delicate for my taste (like the applied handrails on the same F7's or the doors on Lionel's new autoracks - yikes - I received two straight out of the box with broken doors).
