"The Red Caboose GP9 is actually my first O scale anything! LOL I wanted to try O scale and started asking questions about loco kits on another group. I was pointed toward the Red Caboose kit and a list of common upgrades. Everything was available except the brass frame. It was my understanding that the stock frame suffered from the lack of weight and the tendency to sag in the middle over time if weight was added."
A lot of O scalers are obsessed with weight so I'm sure they could bend one of these if they tried. I ran mine as they were designed and other than the wheels they were trouble free and a great running little loco. I'm sure the guys wanting to trick out their locos will be glad to have a new source of metal frames since apparently the old one has dried up.... .DaveB
