by Death Star
Who makes the better N scale AmTubes, Kato or Bachmann?? I am thinking of modeling a mid-late 90's San Diegan and can't decide which to get.
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Death Star wrote:Ok. I heard that Bachmann re-tooled their AmTubes with body mounted knuckle couplers and did a mold upgrade too, but people say the diaphrams are too huge unlike Kato's. I also hear the lettering on the Bachmanns are still a little large. I hear Kato AmTubes have a large "empty" space by the coupler due to the truck mounts whereas Bachmann doesn't. I also hear Bachmann's mold is closer to an AmTube than Kato is this true?They're not the same car. Kato's model is of an Amfleet II car and Bachmann's is an Amfleet I car. The San Diegans ran with Amfleet I cars.