prrhorseshoecurve posted:Originally posted by Dennis Lagrua:
but the rumor is that a company in South Korea may still have a the toolingWhat tooling [what little of it] would you have for Brass models?
Well former ROWI switch lanterns are being sold by Steve Brenneson of Ross Custom Switches. Rowi's hand made switches was for crap but Steve B. of Ross improved on the idea and made them into a solid product.
The Rowi transformers are worth getting if you are a conventional running RR. I have the 480 monster that I traded a Lionel postwar Z to obtain and the rowi has worked flawlessly for me.
Their articulated engines are good for people with tight radius curved layouts[ 042-072]
I have seen others on the forum make this same mistake. Brass models are almost entirely handcrafted. There is no "tooling," in the usual production sense. Once the manufacturer quits making them, there is very little of anything to put in storage, aside from a few cast parts. That's why brass locomotives are difficult to repair.
