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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 7:22:23 GMT -8
I went to ebay and did a search on MOLOCO. I was surprised to see that now his RBL's are selling for about $60.00 per car. OK, if the market will support that so be it. I check Moloco on eBay frequently and just checked the RBLs. Most are priced at $56 plus shipping (which is the same as Nick Molo's website price) and some are $56 with free shipping which is a better deal. Some even less. Sure, sometimes prices are more than they should be - normal for eBay - scroll on by. Unless someone really really needs it, it will go unsold. If you are talking about a Moloco box car, Nick has always provided full customer satisfaction support, so if you had a badly assembled model, he would make it right. These are all made in China so some models slip through QAQC. Dave at Tangent, Nick at Moloco and Chris at Exactrail all have been great at addressing the occasional issue with a model they sell. Thats been my experience anyway. Just what I want to do after buying and paying for shipping is to pay for shipping again to send the model back. No thank you. I have purchased only two Moloco boxcars. Both Rock Island. They were so badly assembled that I simply stripped them down for parts and threw the rest in the trash. I have not purchased anymore since then. I do like his draft gear boxes though and would really like to buy some of his truck sets if they were in stock. Brian |
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Post by riogrande on Nov 8, 2019 7:41:36 GMT -8
Just what I want to do after buying and paying for shipping is to pay for shipping again to send the model back. No thank you. I have purchased only two Moloco boxcars. Both Rock Island. They were so badly assembled that I simply stripped them down for parts and threw the rest in the trash. I have not purchased anymore since then. Brian Nobody, myself included, wants to have to send models back for replacement or refund. But the alternative is to eat the cost like you did, and for models costing as much as Tangent or Moloco; unacceptable and an even bigger no-thanks. From all reports, issues with Moloco box cars are few. |
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Post by simulatortrain on Nov 8, 2019 8:04:19 GMT -8
I've bought maybe 8 or 10 RTR Moloco cars and I've had no issues with them. Even on the two that I bought as factory seconds, I wasn't able to find a smoking gun as to why they were rejected. A few things that collectively might have made up the reason, but even still nothing worse than other manufacturers push off as normal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 8:20:29 GMT -8
Just what I want to do after buying and paying for shipping is to pay for shipping again to send the model back. No thank you. I have purchased only two Moloco boxcars. Both Rock Island. They were so badly assembled that I simply stripped them down for parts and threw the rest in the trash. I have not purchased anymore since then. Brian Nobody, myself included, wants to have to send models back for replacement or refund. But the alternative is to eat the cost like you did, and for models costing as much as Tangent or Moloco; unacceptable and an even bigger no-thanks. From all reports, issues with Moloco box cars are few. That is great Jim. Very happy you like the models you bought. Brian |
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Post by brakie on Nov 8, 2019 9:55:02 GMT -8
China's QA/QC stamp of approval amounts to a quick glance for wheels and couplers and into the box. OTOH if the importers would remove the model from the box for a QA/QC inspection some would complain about the new model being removed from the box.
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Post by jonklein611 on Nov 8, 2019 12:55:28 GMT -8
China's QA/QC stamp of approval amounts to a quick glance for wheels and couplers and into the box. OTOH if the importers would remove the model from the box for a QA/QC inspection some would complain about the new model being removed from the box. And the time delay to process all the boxes. |
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Post by alcoc430 on Nov 9, 2019 9:07:42 GMT -8
China's QA/QC stamp of approval amounts to a quick glance for wheels and couplers and into the box. OTOH if the importers would remove the model from the box for a QA/QC inspection some would complain about the new model being removed from the box. yes I would because its not QA/QC if you have rip open the package again take it out and put it back in again. Not to mention the additional handling of the lokie |
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Post by packer on Nov 14, 2019 15:10:42 GMT -8
I’m probably necroposting, but I’m wondering which of the Q numbers Athearn is doing would have survived to 1980-82. I eliminated 13592 by research (repainted between 77-78) but so far inconclusive on the other 3 numbers (13601, 14, and 32). The FWD cars seem to be good though.
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Post by sd40dash2 on Jan 29, 2020 8:21:15 GMT -8
Any comments from Athearn on the UP cupola overlapping the sides of the caboose? They posted this on their facebook page about the UP caboose... "There are some fit and finish elements that will be improved for production"
Hi Janek, can you confirm this correction was made to the UP caboose?
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Post by spsf on Jan 29, 2020 14:33:37 GMT -8
They posted this on their facebook page about the UP caboose... "There are some fit and finish elements that will be improved for production"
Hi Janek, can you confirm this correction was made to the UP caboose?
Yes, we modified the tooling in this area to improve the situation. We'll show photos of the production samples when those come in. |
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