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Les_the_Sarge_9_1 -> (8/4/2003 10:33:42 PM)
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Roco generally sucks from the perspective of the fussy modeller, but they have a splendid range of items that just plain don't exist out there in the more conventional model companies (at least that is my personal experience).
I have a handful of them in my collection. Often it is a simple matter to disassemble and rectify any glitches or errors or lack of quality in the items.
These things are after all meant for model railroaders who are about as anal as it gets where the trains are concerned, but they rarely spend as much effort on the static doodads they put on their layouts as props ie vehicles.
Oh just for reference value, my father spent his entire working life with the CN and as such is an expert in his field. That and I grew up exposed to the hobby in a big way hehe :)
It might be even said, my father and a local friend pioneered the train show concept (at least as it is known in north america) almost 30 years ago now. By train show I of course don't mean craft show or hobby show, I in fact mean a show where it's trains nothing but trains and only trains ie the show is exhibitors of model trains only. That claim though is based on an observation, my father doesn't really think along those lines himself.
So yep, I have seen a lot of model train gear. And that would include Roco.
Roco is like a lot of companies of course, some stuff will stink, while some items will be incredible. I think their wheeled vehicles are generally better.
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