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@NewTestamentDoc 3 сағат бұрын
I've seen the same problem on O gauge locos that use the same type of setup. Others have suggested a stronger spring. I like your solution better as an initial "try"! Nice!
@GruffaloDrone 22 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Thank you for sharing, you two are wonderful. Best wishes!!!
@DanielCortopassi 19 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@aarongumbinger 23 сағат бұрын
Many thanks for all your great videos and content during the year! I was happy to run my Harry Potter O scale Hogwarts Express train this Christmas!
@DanielCortopassi 23 сағат бұрын
The O scale version of the Hogwarts train sounds cool. We're so glad you're enjoying the channel! Thanks for watching!
@JoeG-firehousewhiskey Күн бұрын
Great tutorial and use of products. Thanks for the video
@DanielCortopassi 23 сағат бұрын
I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!
@johnmalley4355 Күн бұрын
Awesome Dan, and yes agree with Nichole. Great ideas…
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
We're glad you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for watching!
@bigwoz78 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for watching!
@BronsonTheCat Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you both!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for watching!
@QueenBeeClift Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you two!! Hope yall had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
@@QueenBeeClift We hope you had a great Christmas, too! Happy New Year and thanks for watching!
@mgr_video_productions Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
@@mgr_video_productions Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!
@hunterIII-vr4nq Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season to Dan and Nichole. We love watching your channel here in Japan.
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Thanks so much for watching!
@bassnbud2000 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas y’all 🙏🚂
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas! Thanks for watching!
@epacm50 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan!!!!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas! Thanks for watching!
@smythfamily8321 Күн бұрын
Just got the ALC-42 set and am looking forward to setting it up after watching your video
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
That sounds cool. I have one of the Surfliner sets on pre-order, so I'll be reviewing that when I get it. Thanks for watching!
@thomasdarwin6174 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas and great layout!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
We're glad you like the layout. We're having fun with it. Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!
@stephenrickjr.7519 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@estebanmartinez7428 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to both of you
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas! Thanks for watching!
@paulkirkmanMYTRAINS Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas !!!!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@ToadsTrainShack Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan and Nichole! No better way to spend Christmas than with trains!
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
I totally agree! Trains and loved ones. Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!
@thecaliforniantrainchaser5620 Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan and Nichole!! 🎄🚂☃️🎁❄️
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@stevenswett2268 Күн бұрын
Very Nice! Happy Holidays
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Happy Holidays! Thanks for watching!
@RFMCabooseNP1713 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas
@DanielCortopassi Күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@MoPac-Trains 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan and Nichole!! 🎄🎅🤶
@DanielCortopassi 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@oldforestroad 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas! 🚂🎄
@DanielCortopassi 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for watching!
@donaldkormos5529 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing ... my best wishes to both of you for a Wonderful Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!!
@DanielCortopassi 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Thanks for watching!
@jimnicholas7666 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas guys! Thanks for sharing!
@DanielCortopassi 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for watching!
@lonewolfe31619 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan Cortipassi I hope your having a great Christmas
@DanielCortopassi 2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks for watching!
@NegdoshaManido 4 күн бұрын
This is a nice little locomotive, except on mine, the pins that hold the rods to the drivers just fall out occasionally. Thankfully, I've been able to find them each time, but now I'm hesitant to run it for fear of losing them and the loco being inoperative. :(
@DanielCortopassi 4 күн бұрын
That's a pretty bad problem. So far mine hasn't done that, though it hasn't got a lot of run time either. I'd maybe try a little canopy glue, though you'd need to be super careful not to get it on the parts that need to move. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@NegdoshaManido 4 күн бұрын
@@DanielCortopassi Thanks! I'll try to secure them with the glue and see how it goes. Finger crossed!
@epacm50 5 күн бұрын
An N scale of any kind is too small for me. I am sticking with HO for the time being.
@DanielCortopassi 5 күн бұрын
It's not for everyone. I don't see myself switching back to N as my primary scale, but I do still like it. I'm so glad to see N scale offerings like this that are so much better than anything I could have even imagined back in the bad old days. Thanks for watching!
@epacm50 5 күн бұрын
This Scaletrains locomotive was previously reviewed by an outside organization this past Fall. They gave it a C- for poor integrity and non conformance on both coupler height imbalances. As well as the price. Thanks for the review.
@DanielCortopassi 5 күн бұрын
Coupler height is the most common failing that I've seen with the ScaleTrains locomotives that I've reviewed. If not for that, a lot of them would get perfect scores in my rating system. I'm glad you liked the review. Thanks for watching!
@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956 5 күн бұрын
FYI Dan, Jason at Owl Mountain Models has a NEW third kit OMM 3020 "Split" Lumber Load!
@DanielCortopassi 5 күн бұрын
That's cool. I'm sure it's a great kit. Thanks for letting me know and for watching!
@robertsiebenrock3997 5 күн бұрын
Good review, thanks ! We'll appreciated!
@DanielCortopassi 5 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
@NormanSilver 7 күн бұрын
Thanks Dan for the unbiased review. Viewers have learned to search out your site for an honest, objective review.
@DanielCortopassi 7 күн бұрын
You're welcome. I'm glad you like my approach. Thanks for watching!
@FKHTrump2024 8 күн бұрын
Stop taking points for crappy McHenry couplers that is very unfair because nobody keeps them on their models, I wish these were the Tsunami2 versions but good review overall
@DanielCortopassi 8 күн бұрын
Well, maybe Athearn should stop using those? I don't actually take points for the plastic couplers, but for incorrect coupler height. That's consistent through all reviews. I do sometimes mention that I don't like plastic couplers. Thanks for watching!
@SwissLogistics 9 күн бұрын
The money a fellow pays for these THEY NEED TO GET IT RIGHT. PERIOD
@DanielCortopassi 8 күн бұрын
I agree. I ended up selling this one because I didn't want to have to do major surgery on an expensive model to fix the side sill error that should have been right in the first place. Thanks for watching!
@Jabond07 9 күн бұрын
🤩🤩🤩🤩🫶🧑🎄
@DanielCortopassi 9 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@NicksCollectableCreations 10 күн бұрын
I think the yellow things hanging down could have been left off. Those just look like they would come off real easy. Otherwise it's a beautiful locomotive. I don't understand why they can't get couplers right. For me, if I can't see the detail, I don't care about it. Underframe detail is nice but I don't see it when it is running around the layout, and it looks like something that would eventually catch in the trucks. I think there is a balance between detail and functionality not to mention durability. Very nice locomotive!
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
The re-railers are prototypical, though I doubt the real ones stayed that bright for long. Some weathering would help, I think. I will likely swap mine out for the type in use during my era, which were a little less prominent. I don't know what the deal is with the couplers, either. It doesn't seem like it should always require filing. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the model. Thanks for watching!
@2quintly 10 күн бұрын
Coming along, . . . .
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm happy with the progress so far. Thanks for watching!
@2quintly 10 күн бұрын
Interesting, . . . .
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you found it interesting. Thanks for watching!
@kenneths3742 11 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review! Looks like a nice model.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked the review. Thanks for watching!
@thomasavensjr.2790 11 күн бұрын
Another amazing locomotive model from Scaletrains, the Rio Grande rr had an interesting paint scheme with the orange/ black along the body and the orange/ black stripes applied to the locomotive nose. The emd sd45 is one of my favorite diesel locomotive models and this Scaletrains model is spectacular ; I will be purchasing a Scaletrains sd45 model for myself in the future and I am mainly interested in either the Rio Grande, C&NW or Burlington Northern examples. I enjoyed observing the accuracy of the detail features applied to this locomotive model, excellent product review as they are always very informative-Tom.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked the review. I've got a few ScaleTrains SD45s now and they are all very nicely done. I haven't seen any BN or CNW versions in person but I'm sure they are nice too. Thanks for watching!
@thetaxman5302 11 күн бұрын
Appreciate the content as always, Dan. I’ve found the plastic handrails on scaletrains diesels to be subpar release after release. I’m probably going to keep holding out until this can be improved, given there’s no real options to address this on the secondary market other than bending/crafting your own
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked the video. I agree that plastic handrails leave much to be desired. I'd really like to see manufacturers use brass or something that's more durable and less prone to whatever problem it is that causes the stanchions to be crooked (often in different directions so there's no fixing it). I have replaced my handrails on some models with brass ones that I made myself, but that is a fair bit of work. Thanks for watching!
@daviddane4931 11 күн бұрын
I was out in SoCal in the mid 90’s working and have pics of sets of 3 D&RGW SD45’s in hauler surface at Pepper Ave. in San Bernardino.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm sure those are some great pictures. It's really cool you got to see that. Thanks for watching!
@agwbcfjc2 11 күн бұрын
Thank you, Dan for another excellent, information-filled review. I hope you and Nicole are enjoying the Blessid, Holiday Season. All Best Wishes to You and Yours.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! I hope you and yours are enjoying the holiday season as well! Thanks for watching!
@BritanniaPacific 11 күн бұрын
Put a Rio Grande F unit, a B unit behind that one, a steam generator car, and multiple Budd coaches, and you have the Rio Grande Zephyr. I mean, it could have happened in real life. Well, maybe during the 70s and 80s.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
That would be cool. I could almost do that now (though I don't have anywhere to run it). I have an Athearn model of 5771, a B unit, and a set of BLI California Zephyr cars. I don't have the steam generator, though. Thanks for watching!
@10gaDragonsBreath 11 күн бұрын
Love your review's Dan
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
@nyemt601 11 күн бұрын
Love the review as always, I’m kind of looking forward to your take on the upcoming SP tunnel motors new release coming in February. I figured you snagged a few units This model was really well done although the yellow jacking pad really really sticks out almost too much and draws attention away from the overall model
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked the review. I have a couple of the new "snoot" SD40T-2s on pre-order, so I'll be reviewing those when they arrive. I'm looking forward to seeing those. Thanks for watching!
@RFMCabooseNP1713 11 күн бұрын
Great review. Nice model.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked the review. Thanks for watching!
@MrDgwphotos 11 күн бұрын
I wish ScaleTrains would come out with MRL SD45's (or MRL power of any sort).
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
That would be cool. I like the MRL paint scheme. Maybe they will eventually. Thanks for watching!
@riogrande5761 11 күн бұрын
i purchased ScaleTrains D&RGW 5327, 5330,5331, 5334 and 5335. Being a major Rio Grande fan it was a no brainer. Unfortunately # 5327 made a high pitched sound and after that the lights stopped working so 3 weeks ago I sent it back for repairs along with 2 GP30's The other four, so far have operated well. I've always been an SD45 fan since my years living in northern California an SP SD45's were one of my favorites. Yet still in 2024 I'm still waiting for a high detail SP SD45 with the L shaped windshield. Some day ScaleTrains will get around to running them and I'll want to buy multiple units.
@DanielCortopassi 10 күн бұрын
I'm sorry you had issues with some of their units. ScaleTrains has done a couple runs of SP SD45s. I have several of the SD45R version. I had one of the earlier non-rebuilt versions, too, but I sold it because it's a little too old for my era. I'm sure they will do more from time to time like they do with the tunnel motors. Thanks for watching!