A Newbies review: Kato Steam Pocket Line Pack Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Have always wanted one of these little train packs, as it's just adorable (and I want to convert it into something else), but it's a rather nice little engine and surprised it's in fact based off something real!
Good points is that it's quite affordable for what you get, and quite durable, though it's not overly detailed, which goes with it being durable, there's nothing really to break!
But downsides? well it's hard to find in stock, as they seem to be popular, and it's not all that open for expandability as the motor is in the coach meaning that it always needs that part, but otherwise could still run stuff behind that with the engine at the front!
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I’ve got one of these. It runs similarly…needing to be a bit quicker than ideal, but ok otherwise. I use it to represent a restored standard gauge light railway locomotive and consist…a sort of ‘Colonel Stephens type’ train…with a wannabe/frustrated express loco driver on the footplate (those poor passengers!) I’ve also got the small electric loco from Kato. I use it to represent a (fictional) prototype undergoing testing. It looks fine hauling the old Lima Minitrix Mk1’s I’ve got (nice little models but obviously they have scale issues). The small Kato electric loco is actually my best runner, better even than my up-to-date Farish models! I suppose it all comes down to whether or not someone wants to be strictly prototypical. Personally, I’m a ‘train set’ kind of guy rather than a ‘proper’ railway modeller. I enjoy both more historically accurate and also ‘Rule One’ running sessions, so I’m fine with those models myself. God bless.
It's a nice little engine, though would be nice for other prototype options but oh well heh
I do want to review the Kato electric engine, and also use it as a chassis for another electric engine I've got thoughts on making.
The chassis itself is quite good, I've also got it for my Drewry Railcar and it's quite smooth, other than it's only got two axles for pick ups it works without issues.
And personally I'm "generally prototypical) in my modelling, so long as it generally looks right then I'm happy, though rule one also is good as well!
James. A very interesting review. I'll look forward to seeing what you have in mind for it. Pete.
Cheers very much Pete, and it's mostly linked with one of my other layouts, just hoping to make it all work heh
Nice set, the locomotive is similar to the Minitrix veteran T3 or the Fleischmann loco.
Shouldn't be a problem that the engine is in the car, a nice 3D print could turn it into a motorcar which would allow you to run it prototypically.
Smaller lines had tons of obscure engines, if it ran it was usable.
A great and cheap set to get started and it runs well, the version with the electric locomotive is also a great runner.
Last weekend I was at a fair where a big shop visited for the last time because the owner was retiring and they had a sale on.
Bought three of these sets with the electric engine for less than 32 euros each, they might make nice models on a small layout since it's basically based on a tramway engine.
I have got one of these powered chassis as the power unit for my Drewry Railcar, works very nicely and DCC'd mostly well.
Think others tend to use it for diesels and the like where you can hide the wheels, I do have an ideal of a loco to make for it (not for this particular chassis however), the little LSWR Electric shunter might be able to work with it.
I did pay fair bit more than that for this one, but it's out of stock at Traintraks so it's the usual eBay prices heh.
@@GosportRailworks Never thought about DCC to be honest.
But ofcourse if you take a chassis with a bodykit you're bound to find room for that.
As for myself I bought a cheap DCC set and still coming to grips with it, so far I can switch on the headlights 😁
Heh for DCC it's so long as I can make it go back and forth using the same controller I'm all good, everything else is just an extra.
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