>>>SORRY, but there is NOTHING "half-baked" about the VL Hudson!
You might have a different opinion if you have ever operated one: it is a SUPERB performer, and is not half-bad looking at that<<<<
I own a number of Legacy engines, love every one so I'm sure it is..
I was refering to detail.. The only place the VL Hudson hits a home run is on a layout, period.
But.. as a $1600,00 model to appreaciate in a display case????
Sorry... In every way the VL Hudson just ain't got the provenance. The right stuff to make it even to the bottom shelf..
The ugliness begins with its omitted builders plate and coupler chain and ends with a horrible looking cracked egg boiler underside exposing nearly half its ugly electronic innards..
Joe