Well I pulled my NKP outta the box. I think Lionel did as well as they could with details that are all cast into the disast molds. It does look pretty good. No Y3 or Mikado for sure, but that is reflected in the price point. The coal load does look a tad more detailed to me than the PE set, it helps that the coal load does not have a gloss paint on it like the PE set does The cast in handrail does suck, but when the light in not shining directly down on it it looks like a handrail that is casting a shadow almost.
I have not run it yet and I am afraid to at this point. After reading the posts so far I'm worried it will be one more thing that I have to go through the hassle of sending back. Today, the same day my NKP Berk showed up, my PE set had the smoke fan motor go out. So it will make a third trip back.
I will run it in a bit latter and report back. It is obvious in looking at the tender on it that there is no LED in there for backing. Kind of surprised, as this seems like I would have not been a big deal to do for Lionel. I also would have liked to have an engineer and fireman in there.
I also took a look at the Amazon review that someone had mentioned (about the PE set). There was only one review on the s gauge set, however there were about 300 reviews on the O gauge PE set with lionchief. In looking at those reviews, it was apparent that there is about a 25% failure rate on these sets. No joke, take a look! How crazy is that.
Ben
