Customer
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 13 de marzo de 2025
This is really cool looking if you are into trains. I saw this and thought it would look nice displayed in my mancave. It brought back my memories as a child when I had HO scale train sets. As I got older, it was a hobby that just faded away, so when I saw this, it was a nostalgia thing for me. This is really well detailed. It looks amazing displayed. I have it on a shelf with a light above it to illuminate it at night, and it looks great. It's good quality, but this is meant for an adult as I think most children will break it trying to play with it. It comes nicely packaged and it arrived in perfect condition. Anyone who is a fan of the train world would appreciate this as a gift.
John L DeSantis
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 27 de febrero de 2025
I love all trains so when I saw this, I had to get it. I was not disappointed. The quality is better than expected at this price point. The colors and small details are brilliant and it's a wonderful display piece for any train collector out there.
Christian Tucker
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 25 de febrero de 2025
With certain exceptions, handing this to a child as shown in the seller’s photos will lead to a destroyed model. You might as well hand it to your terrier. The terrier won’t feel bad when the model goes into the trash.This is a decent static model. The length is about correct for HO scale, and it looks right held up to prototype photos. All the detail work is a bit chunky, but it seems that almost all the parts are there. The 3rd rail shoes are too shallow, as is most of the side frame detail. Except for the journal boxes, which are too prominent. Nonetheless, the machinery is convincing.The body details are too chunky, but someone with time on their hands who wants a motor house queen can replace all the wire work fairly easily. An operating model would pretty much require the skills of a model builder who could make the model from scratch. The pantographs are well detailed but rigid. One up, one down. The Penn Station pantograph is also up. Some of the airtank modeling on the roof is a bit strange.The model comes off the base with a miniature triangle screwdriver. Not a household tool! The wheels sort of fit scale rail. Well enough to go into my display cabinet attached to some 1950s rolling stock.Perhaps a bit pricey with the coarseness of some of the details. But well-detailed HO scale rolling stock is more expensive. A well-detailed HO-scale locomotive is a LOT more expensive. A New Haven modeler can rework this into a static model that will look great with the passenger cars available from the historical society.
Richard D. Cappetto
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 15 de febrero de 2025
First I must say that I am a Vine reviewer and I received this 1:87 Locomotive Model for 1919 New Haven EP-2 Finished Train Track Model Collection No Assembly Required Train Decoration for free as part of the vine program. The Vine program was set up to generate reviews of new products at amazon. It's a very nice train decoration. It's already assembled. I am going to out it on my mantel. There are ten different historical engines or cars top choose from. This is not a toy but a decoration. I like it and I can recommend.
krtaylor
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 11 de febrero de 2025
These models are in HO gauge, and are clearly intended to sit on a shelf. They're unpowered, but also, they aren't built to roll on an active model railroad even with a powered loco pushing them - the wheels are just plastic, not accurately gauged, and the bogies don't rotate. They are also firmly screwed onto their base using a non-standard screw that would be a challenge to remove.As long as you're happy just looking at them, though, the model looks very attractive. The paint job is well done, there are many cast details such as rivets, and a large variety of separately colored and added detail parts like running gear, air and sand pipes, whistles, bells, etc.It's these parts that can be an issue though. When I opened the box for the first time, I found half a dozen little parts rattling around in the bottom, that had clearly fallen off in transit. No assembly is expected and there are no instructions. Fortunately, it wasn't too hard to figure out where they went, based on their counterparts that hadn't fallen off, and I already have suitable glue and tweezers. Be very careful while unboxing, so you don't lose anything you'll miss! There were no truly missing parts once I'd glued everything back in place, though I did have to search hard to find the right place for one of them.I'm also impressed that these are comparatively rare models, as in, I haven't commonly seen models of these particular prototypes, with the exception of the famous GG1 of course. I got the EP-2 boxcab, which exists in a ludicrously expensive brass version (no longer manufactured) but that's about it.The price seems reasonable given the level of detail and rarity. If you are a collector with special interest in the particular locomotives modeled, you'll be well served.One word of warning: The pictures show a small child playing with the train. DO NOT do this! Not only would it be highly likely to end up damaged, but as noted there are small parts that can easily fall off and be swallowed.