Reply to "Question about tooling: Kusan - Williams - K-Line - Williams by Bachmann ?"

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@Dennis LaGrua posted:
From what I can see the Williams Alco engines look almost exactly like they were made from the Kusan or KMT tooling. No matter what brand it may be, the Weaver, K-Line, Right of Way, KMT, Atlas, Williams, Lionel and MTH tooling is all in China and Korea. Menards rolling stock, looks very similar to KMT

The K-Line FA-2 bodies (none of this discussion has anything to do with the running gear) and the Williams FA-2 bodies are not from the same tooling. I own both, and the tooling is different. "Looking similar" is not the "same", and any two decent models (full- or sub-scale) of the same prototype are bound to look "similar" on the outside.

(Just to mention the running gear: it and the assembly methods of the Williams/WbB units are completely different.)

5/28/202:53 PM

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