Kohs Challengers

George was supposed to have them at the Indy meet, no one has reported on Kohs even being at the meet although reference was made to some one supposedly selling his rejected run of cabooses out of a motel room.

Well they posted an update on the 24th...read it here.

According to a friend who was at Indy Mr. Kohs had 4 versions of the Challengers on display.

I am eagerly awaiting word from buyers too.

They look just fantastic!

Hmmm.....  If he got back on the 24th, and worked diligently at packing everything up and shipping them out, it might be possible that some one might get a delivery today at the earliest.   

 

Maybe folks will check in here and confirm that one arrived and share a few pictures as well.

I was told by an "Indy" attendee that some reservation holders picked up their 

Challengers at the show, which Kohs offered to do on his website. But, I wasn't there so I have to place that in the "rumor" category. 

 

Butch

I am looking forward to some pics and reviews as well, if the production model photos are any indication these should be real show stoppers.

Cool, that means the Big Boy is that much closer 

I was not at Indy but two friends were and saw the Challengers. They reported that they a beautiful models with two minor problems appearance wise. The tender coupler is installed upside down and therefore the knuckle is on the wrong side. The other problem is that there is no whistle cord to activate the whistle. Can't wait for a operations report. Ed

Having been on top of UP 3985 many, many times, there really is no "whistle cord". As best as I can remember, there is a cable & rod arrangement UNDER the jacket, that runs from the cab linkage to the whistle itself. Thus, you only see a very short piece of cable/rod that comes out from under the jacket and connects to the whistle valve lever.

Well, here's hoping that works!  I would never buy a model without a functioning whistle actuation system.

Hot Water, you are correct but on the model there is no tube opening at the lagging and no cord, chain, or cable anywhere.

Now THAT'S interesting. What do you do on Southern Pacific GS class "Daylights" that had AIR OPERATED whistles (the Engineer had two nice little brass handles about waist height; one for the air horn, and the other one for the steam whistle)? Do you have a small compressed air tank inside the boiler?

Well,,,,,,,,,so much for a $5000+ O Scale model!

You have to wait for the 7000K+ Key to get the whistle cord.[maybe]

I received the same report Ed did and I'm still waiting patiently for a 1st hand viewing. 

 

Butch

I don't think I would panic just yet.

For $7000 I would expect the air actuated whistle to function, with real air.

 

Actually, I have a number of locomotives in my collection that do not have all the details of the prototype, and yet I am still quite happy.