Limey posted:rheil posted:Limey posted:I wouldn't touch Sunset, although they have several supporters on this thread. I have seen their European 0 outline stuff in 'action', the SNCF 141r springs to mind. Id rather go without.
What is outline stuff ?
Prototype : did these really need clarification?
Their rendition of the Flying Scotsman wasn't so hot either, fortunately Lee Marsh are due to import this model to the standard it rightly deserves in the near future.
At least George Kohs was responsible for the vast increase in quality of imports to Britain by raising the bar and letting UK importers know the standard that could and should be reached.
Sadly the German brass market is stuck in reverse and engaged in a race to the bottom.
as always jmho
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Well, we're comparing apples with oranges. Lee Marsh puts out a KOH's/KEY quality model. Sunset/3rd Rail caters to a different market, at a different price point.
But, the old Sunset HO models are definitely in a different class. Sunset back in the 70's, 80's and 90's offered much cheaper models to get into the market from what I remember. There were also some really bad builders back then. So all importers had good models and bad models.
I bought some OMI HO back in the 70's and they truly were junk. Screws stripped out, side rods came off, ran like crap, etc. But, this was the beginning of the transition of the hobby from Japanese builders to Korean builders and there was a huge learning curve. Same thing happened in the transition from Korean to Chinese builders.
Sunset/3rd Rail is Scott Mann (Mort's Son) and his models are a good value for the $$$$ and anything but junkers or subpar. I think 3rd Rail had a lot to do with the resurgence of O scale in the 21st century.
BH
