I had a few premium Lionel locos made by Samhongsa and Korea Brass in Korea and all had paint rash develop...the small blisters where the paint can chip. This has not been present from the China sourced premium diecast products. The 1990 Lionel Pennsy Burro Crane diecast frame had rash as well but I think it was a Taiwan casting. This is not the same as zink rot. Here are a couple of pics of my Lionel 1991 Semi Scale Turbine. I am glad the product is now sourced from different factories. I always thought Mike Wolf had a family relationship to Samhongsa via his wife? Hence the door was opened to modern scale product development.
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