The use of the outside small sub contractors is probably one of the main reasons its so hit and miss on far east produced trains. Harder to maintain quality control when you spread production of a model across several sub contractors of dubious quality and reputation. Making things the absolute cheapest way possible is the rule of the road in China. This is one reason Lionel moved casters after the 1937 run on the 700e, better control of the metal castig quality. And we see this today as the first year run are very prone to swelling and zinc rot issues, where as the later versions are much less prone to it and not at all with the OO line that I have seen thus far. Definatly an issue to be hyper aware of when buying these models going forward into the future, just as most know to closely inspect prewar items for it, now we add modern era models made overseas. AD
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