Parts

Jim I have seen old kits at train shows for about 3-4 years running, last year not included. At the last show in 2019 I saw 4 kits of varying quality.

Don't know about ebay.

Jack

Kits show up on ebay ,from

Kits show up on ebay ,from time to time. Any specific parts your looking for ?

Thanks guys for your replies.

Thanks guys for your replies. Much appreciated.

The parts I am looking for are the tender body for the Athearn/Roundhouse old time 4-4-0, 2-6-0, or the 2-8-0 lettered for New York Central Lines. I would also like to get a cab or two for these locomotives.

Thanks again,

Jim   

You can get tender bodies

You can get tender bodies readily on ebay but they would have to have to stripped , and repainted. https://www.ebay.com/itm/124810089679?hash=item1d0f42d4cf:g:JywAAOSwsppf1Cf8

I think there's a whole tender kit in undec.

Parts are not parts

Jut be aware that there was a "major" change in tooling between the MDC Roundhouse and the Athearn Roundhose models.  The boiler is slightly different, the frame is a bit different, the rods are different, the details are different, the electrical pick up and trucks are different, the tender frame is different.

Athearn Roundhouse is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than MDC Roundhouse in all respects.  If you buy a kit in the brown box, the parts may not fit an engine from the green box.  A yellow box engine may not exactly be the same as either of them, but the brown kit and the yellow box RTR are more compatible than the brown box kit and the green box RTR.

Parts are not parts

Wow Dave!

I am still on the steep learning curve with both early 1900s modeling and Athearn/Roundhouse old time locomotives in particular. I appreciate your heads-up Dave. 

My present motive power for this early time includes:

- one Athearn/Roundhouse 2-8-0 (latest release)

- one Spectrum 4-4-0 (latest release)

- two Spectrum 4-6-0 (latest release)

- one Tyco 4-4-0 General (to be modernized)

- one Tyco 4-6-0 (to be modernized)

I have one Athearn/Roundhouse new release 2-6-0 in its way here right now. It too has DCC/sound. I am also planning to add one more Athearn Roundhouse 2-8-0. I have it on reserve at the moment.

The two Tyco models have to be re-powered and DCC/sound installed. These two will be projects for much later -- if ever. All of the others already have DCC/sound in them and will get some detail tweaks and weathered.

These locomotives will be all that I will need for my one-town operation which will have staging at each end of town to allow through train operation on the layout. 

Thanks again Dave,

Jim