What exactly DID I buy?

[9000DOLLAR]

I am an amateur model railroader, and also like F7's for some reason.

I saw Bachmann selling a Southern Pacific F7, and bought it.

Come to find out, Southern Pacific ordered all of their F7's with 2 headlights, while the Bachmann model only has one.
Also, it wasn't a delimma with a genaric mold, because Bachmann uses "dummy" lights on F7's with 2 headlights.

I want to know if I really do have a model of a Southern Pacific F7, or is it something else?
(possibly a different engine? or another one of those engines repainted for excursions?)

 

[ryanstrains]

I am an amateur model railroader, and also like F7's for some reason.

I saw Bachmann selling a Southern Pacific F7, and bought it.

Come to find out, Southern Pacific ordered all of their F7's with 2 headlights, while the Bachmann model only has one.
Also, it wasn't a delimma with a genaric mold, because Bachmann uses "dummy" lights on F7's with 2 headlights.

I want to know if I really do have a model of a Southern Pacific F7, or is it something else?
(possibly a different engine? or another one of those engines repainted for excursions?)

Bachmann is not known to make accurate trains, for pretty much everything they use a generic model and just paint whatever on it.

If you want something accurate down to the last detail, go check out Athearn's Genesis line.

 

[hert]

What does this have to do with JointedRail?

 

[nicky9499]

He was going to post this in Prototype, but decided to post it here instead for some reason, therefore it has everything to do with Jointedrail.

 

[ryanstrains]

He was going to post this in Prototype, but decided to post it here instead for some reason, therefore it has everything to do with Jointedrail.

That's because JointedRail is everything.

 

[JCitron]

Bachmann, ModelPower, LifeLike, and Tyco are for the most part, toy train model creators. In fact LifeLike and ModelPower seem to share the same molds for their cheaply made styrene models. I have had model kits from both of these companies that were so warped, the parts couldn't glue together.

John

 

[9000DOLLAR]

What does this have to do with JointedRail?

I thought it was a good idea to ask them because they seem to know a lot about trains. (and Trainz)

 

[Red_Rattler]

I am an amateur model railroader, and also like F7's for some reason.

I saw Bachmann selling a Southern Pacific F7, and bought it.

I think you mean a retailer was selling a Bachmann brand Southern Pacific F7, unless you brought it direct from Bachmann that is!

This is probably a stupid (or is that obvious?) question, but did you actually check it out first, before you brought it?

If you want people to find out, have you got a picture/s of it, that can help?

Bachmann, ModelPower, LifeLike, and Tyco are for the most part, toy train model creators.

I can't understand why a company would call itself "LifeLike", if they really are just toy trains. To be fair though, their are SOME exceptions, or at least are passable for model trains.

 

[9000DOLLAR]

I can't understand why a company would call itself "LifeLike", if they really are just toy trains. To be fair though, their are SOME exceptions, or at least are passable for model trains.

Maybe because they started as a company called Lifoam that made extruded-foam ice chests, and then after they sold the rights to the model railroad stuff to Walthers, (to go back to foam products, weird.) I guess Walthers kept the name.

 

[9000DOLLAR]

This topic is now useless, as I already got the answer numerous times.
Requesting a lock and maybe delete, as the topic is pointless now.

 

[jacksonbarno]

Life Like made some pretty good models too, don't forget. They did everything from E units to Geeps, and they were all more or less prototypical. These were the original molds of most of what Walthers now sells as its Proto 2000 line.

 

[9000DOLLAR]

Life Like made some pretty good models too, don't forget. They did everything from E units to Geeps, and they were all more or less prototypical. These were the original molds of most of what Walthers now sells as its Proto 2000 line.

Don't forget about these...

Once again, this picture isn't mine, I found it on the internet. (but I do have a building like this.)

 

[JCitron]

Don't forget about these...

Pic removed...

Once again, this picture isn't mine, I found it on the internet. (but I do have a building like this.)

I have many of these kits from both LifeLike and Model Power. Some of the models were okay while others had so much flash and warped parts they were nearly impossible to build. One of the more useful kits is their machine shop. This is a brick building with an saw toothed roof and skylights. I took a couple of these building and put them together as a single factory building. Other than that, most were really bad.

I wonder if this is more of a problem with their N-scale models than their HO.

John

 

[9000DOLLAR]

I have many of these kits from both LifeLike and Model Power. Some of the models were okay while others had so much flash and warped parts they were nearly impossible to build. One of the more useful kits is their machine shop. This is a brick building with an saw toothed roof and skylights. I took a couple of these building and put them together as a single factory building. Other than that, most were really bad.

I wonder if this is more of a problem with their N-scale models than their HO.

John

These can also be added onto to make a bigger building. Actually, they incouraged it...

As before, these pictures aren't mine, I found them on the internet.

 

[9000DOLLAR]

Maybe now I should request a rename!

And call this thread, "the Life Like discussion forum".

 

[Red_Rattler]

9000DOLLAR, point taken on the other stuff, but I will ask again, did you check it out first, before you brought it?

 

[9000DOLLAR]

9000DOLLAR, point taken on the other stuff, but I will ask again, did you check it out first, before you brought it?

All I knew is that my other Bachmann F-units didn't break, and I needed a more powerful sound-equipped locomotive that switchers.

Once again, this picture isn't mine, I found it on the internet. (but this is the train)