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Another Big Boy in N
« on: November 23, 2023, 03:46:39 PM »
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For those who don’t have enough Big Boy’s.

https://www.trix.de/fileadmin/media/trix/landingpage/4013/Minitrix_Sonderflyer_T16990_EN_online.pdf

My only question is: why another one?

Marc
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2023, 03:49:16 PM »
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Well everyone need one with smoke and one without.

-Snoop Dogg
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2023, 03:52:26 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on November 23, 2023, 03:49:16 PM
Well everyone need one with smoke and one without.

-Snoop Dogg

But two different models with smoke?  :)

Marc

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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2023, 03:55:59 PM »
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That's pretty funny.  I guess Marklin/Trix decided to shrink their H0 version to Minitrix size.  We really needed another big Boy, didn't we?  :D

Ignoring the N scale brass models we have:
Old Rivarossi/Con-Cor
Athearn
Kato
BLI (smoker)
And now Minitrix. (smoker)

Cool! Life is good for UP fans modeling steam era.
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2023, 04:21:26 PM »
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For those who want a classic Big Boy with smoke that's not a BLI.
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2023, 04:25:20 PM »
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Quote from: nstars on November 23, 2023, 03:46:39 PM
For those who don’t have enough Big Boy’s.

https://www.trix.de/fileadmin/media/trix/landingpage/4013/Minitrix_Sonderflyer_T16990_EN_online.pdf

My only question is: why another one?

Marc

You have to make a Big-Boy if you want to sit at the grown-ups table at the Manufacturer's Breakfast.

I'm surprised they have delayed the announcement of the GG1. They have to do one of those, too, don't they?
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2023, 06:00:55 PM »
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And without a 0-6-0 who will make up the train for the big boy to pull?
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2023, 06:17:10 PM »
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Ooo this one comes with smoke AND rapido couplers.  :drool:

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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2023, 06:33:23 PM »
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Watch it somehow out pull a Kato lol
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2023, 07:04:47 PM »
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As models go, it looks like they did a good job. Perhaps better detailed than the Kato one, and more correct for the 1950s (especially with the coal tender). Paging @robert3985 for in-depth analysis on how accurate it is and comparisons with other models.
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2023, 07:09:25 PM »
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All I saw was a bunch of air gaps between the wheels and the locomotive like it was still 1970.
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2023, 07:22:38 PM »
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And yet we still can't get a good 2-10-x or 0-6-0 in N scale....
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2023, 07:39:16 PM »
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Apparently Big Boys are the current hot franchise in model railroading.

Make it stop.  :facepalm:
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2023, 07:59:17 PM »
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Quote from: C855B on November 23, 2023, 07:39:16 PM
Apparently Big Boys are the current hot franchise in model railroading.

Make it stop.  :facepalm:

Mike, this might be a good time to backdate your layout to the late steam period.   :D :trollface:
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Re: Another Big Boy in N
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2023, 09:43:42 PM »
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Nope. No more steam. Two Athearn Big Boys, one no-op. One Athearn Challenger, also nonfunctional, even after a factory fix. One Bachmann consolidated, threw the valve gear, no-op. Two Kato FEFs; now they run, but pick at frogs through #10 crossovers. And one 2nd-gen Bachmann J... probably the only trustworthy runner of the lot, and that was after a bunch of repair to the wiring harness between cab and tender when adding the decoder. IOW, a boatload of bench queens.

N scale steam in my experience is finicky and unreliable. Not enough time left in this man's life to mess with it any more.
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