DdotCdot posted:4014It seems the side smoke and (obviously) the depleting Coal were dropped in order to represent the oil version and also make this one a non-VL version. I think the first run edition will be worth having, personally. If the mold is identical to the VL version I would love to find a way to get the parts and unit for side smoke and add it into the new release. If the same mother board and serial data are being used as the VL, it should be doable. I have been inside and repaired a dead mother board in a VL Big Boy and replacing the board was way easier than I could have imagined. While I had the hood off I studied that smoke unit positioning and with the right parts - it looks doable.
If by some chance it will have the side smoke effect well....great. Saves all that trouble. That’s my favorite effect on the Vision Line version that I didn’t see cataloged. I’m hoping they didn’t drop the dual individual puffing fan units for the main smoke ~ that’s probably also tied as a favorite feature.
I'm guessing you'll be disappointed. I think it has the standard Legacy smoke features, stack and whistle smoke. As far as the board, clearly the RCMC will be programmed for the features available in the new BB, so you'd have to try to get the VL-BB board and see if that works in the new model. My guess is it will not as they probably dropped the extra controller that does the blowdown and whistle smoke. The RCMC handles two smoke units, so a single stack and whistle smoke eliminates a bunch of wiring and a board.
I think you need to resign yourself to what features the new model comes with.
