OK. A brief update now that I'm at my PC and can type better.
As I mentioned, the second powered unit (19C, SKU 35-20020-1) didn't show up. My dealer's going to contact MTH on Monday to see what's up. Did they miss the boat? Were they cancelled? Inquiring minds want to know...
I am a little bummed out about this...
I'll be fully checking out and scalifying the ones that did show up over the weekend, but two things of noted at my LHS:
The A-unit correctly does not have a steam generator. I was a little concerned about this even though I preach not to trust the catalog illustrations. On the Santa Fe, only the B-units had steam generators, the A's used the space for extra water capacity.
The other thing I noticed was MTH has the Mars light in the door and the headlight in the upper housing.
Wrong. The early prototype Mars light mechanism is a rather bulky affair much better suited to mounting in the upper light housing:
To be fair, SHS did the same thing. So, as I work on the A, I'll have to open it up and either swap the LED's or wiring to get the Mars light where it belongs.
One other thing I quickly noted this morning, the red is slightly lighter than the color used on the SHS Santa Fe F7's. Not too far off, I'll get into more of the boring details when I do my review after scalification.
Rusty
