I'd rather be ice fishing posted:RailRide posted:I'd rather be ice fishing posted:None of my old corgis have fallen apart from zinc rot...
I started typing "Corgi..." into Google and one of the first autocomplete entries that popped up was "corgi zinc rot"
Google images showed at least a dozen photos of similarly affected diecast model vehicles and planes, and discussion about them abounds.
Here's a thread with over 100 replies on an aircraft model forum, which was itself apparently spawned by an older discussion on the same site.
Soooo. some people do win the unlucky lottery anytime they collect diecast anything...
---PCJ
(one K-Line trailer, a couple of K-line trucks (replaced) and some MTH Amfleet couplers (also replaced), so far)
This is interesting. I notice the posts are about the "big bird" company which I am not familiar with. I have collected corgi since 2000 when they started the military planes and I have collected and sold around 1000 planes and tanks on ebay since then and none of them have had zinc rot problems (I know corgi bounces from factory to factory in their productions) I don't feel the need to hold corgi up as a great company just that since dealing with the products I learned to trust diecast metal as something lasting and solid. same for n scale ive been a casual collector since I was a kid and never seen zinc rot in my limited experience with atlas and kato. I have maybe 20-30 engines (never counted them) when I have had running problems with atlas they have always fixed them for me without a fuss. just my experience. I thought zinc rot was for very old things so this is a new surprise for me. I do feel reassured by the many statements that my Allegheny is the exception and not the rule...I did google corgi zinc rot and saw some corgis..it looks like certain models are affected so ive been lucky with the planes..
This still looks great and with a little weathering the vehicle would be a start for a junk/scrap yard. Maybe any old zinc rot loco could be added as well,
