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Don't they know they're supposed to wave them around from 20 feet away against a black backdrop???
Actually, looks pretty good so far.
Rusty
Thank you for the link, Chuck.
Well, there is a new boiler casting and the tender casting now has a recess to place a 'real' coal load. They did not do a very good job of eliminating the parting lines in the boiler casting before painting. My big concern continues to be in operations and final execution. Lionel has a history with Flyer of getting things right in the second production run. I'd be much more comfortable seeing a video with sound of an advanced near complete sample in operation.
Wait and see for me.
Respectfully,
Bob
Do you have some way of showing those photos other than on Facebook? I don't do that stuff.
@poniaj posted:Do you have some way of showing those photos other than on Facebook? I don't do that stuff.
Just a reminder: The American Flyer Facebook page allows one to view without joining. You just can't comment or otherwise participate.
I'm not on FB and was able to view the photos.
Rusty
@Rusty Traque posted:Just a reminder: The American Flyer Facebook page allows one to view without joining. You just can't comment or otherwise participate.
I'm not on FB and was able to view the photos.
Rusty
Really? My browser (or FaceCrap) wouldn't allow me to see more than 1 second before it informed me that I needed to be on FaceCrap.
Chuck,
Thanks for posting the photos! It's more than I would ever expect from Lionel. I'd prbably get one when (and if) it comes out, but it will more than likely come with more electornics than I'd want.
@poniaj posted:Really? My browser (or FaceCrap) wouldn't allow me to see more than 1 second before it informed me that I needed to be on FaceCrap.
Chuck,
Thanks for posting the photos! It's more than I would ever expect from Lionel. I'd prbably get one when (and if) it comes out, but it will more than likely come with more electornics than I'd want.
I'm using Firefox and it works just fine. When the Pop-Up shows itself, just click on the "Not Now" at the bottom of to Pop-Up, it retreats and you can scroll around. It may pop again if you spend a lot of time there:
Some groups, like the S Scale FB Group have disabled this feature.
Rusty
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Sometimes I wish I could live where dial up was the only option.
Brendan
Rusty,
I tried your suggestion but it still either asked me to sign in or create an account in the next window. I was able to see 4 photos, and finally got past it by clicking on the +5 thumbnail. Thanks. However, I"m still not signing up for FB.
Well, the doubters were wrong. Lionel is really going to produce this engine. I can't wait for the one I ordered from Charles Ro.
Looks like a real beauty.
Good going Flyonel!
Good. Now they can concentrate on the tooling for the next most popular loco, the BL2.
Brendan
With six of the flyer Chief Berkshires (3 @ Lionel for repairs and 2 waiting for return authorizations) I am not buying any more unless they have improved the drive train QUALITY ! The engines do make good door stops thogh.
Gunny
I have two on order. I hope there are a lot of separately applied parts.
Gunny, sorry to hear about your non working Berkshires. I bought a first run edition and ran it for three months with no issues. When Lionel originally cancelled the Legacy Berks I had the FlyerChief version converted to TMCC. It is a daily runner on the layout, so far no issues.
What has failed and is it the same item(s) for all of them?
@AmFlyer posted:I have two on order. I hope there are a lot of separately applied parts.
Lionel's CAD drawings, which they've published here about 1-1/2 years ago, should give you an idea of what is separately applied.
The production photos seem to be pretty faithful to the CAD drawings from what I can tell.
Rusty
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Ukaflyer,
The following is a list of failures
Erie-Returned twice both times for board failure
Southern Returned twice first for board failure second time it quit and they sent a different one
Southern The one they sent broke off a connecting rod screw after 1 hours running. I have yet to call for a return authorization because of the shut down.
NKP Front pilot broke
Polar express smoke unit and board failure
NKP #2 board failure
All the engines EAT traction tires after a few hours running on Fastrack or S helper track. The quality is not in these engines.
I will be buying any new engines from AMERICA MODELS. I have five from Ron and they all are flawless and they have been test run before they ship them to you with a lifetime warranty.
Gunny
Thanks Rusty. If they build the Berkshires to those CAD drawings they will be fantastic looking. I had forgotten about those drawings.