McLeod
Forest Lurker
In no way am I attempting to be negative towards a manufacturer. I'm very new here, and green, and I just don't know.
Here I am trying to plan out my very first HO layout, with a mind to model the 10yr period between 1955-65, and basing the start of the layout on actual CN infrastructure in my home town. I like precision: its some kind of weird illness in me.
Anyway, I went looking for a first locomotive that fit my criteria, and discovered the Athern Genesis GP-9 and the Rapido RS-18, both in Canadian National period green/yellow, and both beautiful. Except that the GP-9 has the large, single Cyclops headlamp (isn't that more GP-7), and the Rapido has a very different side louvre layout than what is apparent in photographs of the real thing. So, neither seems to be accurate to me, more like 'just abouts'.
So my question is this: Is model railroading concerned about real accuracy in trains, or must we put up with a reasonable proximity, in general?
Here I am trying to plan out my very first HO layout, with a mind to model the 10yr period between 1955-65, and basing the start of the layout on actual CN infrastructure in my home town. I like precision: its some kind of weird illness in me.
Anyway, I went looking for a first locomotive that fit my criteria, and discovered the Athern Genesis GP-9 and the Rapido RS-18, both in Canadian National period green/yellow, and both beautiful. Except that the GP-9 has the large, single Cyclops headlamp (isn't that more GP-7), and the Rapido has a very different side louvre layout than what is apparent in photographs of the real thing. So, neither seems to be accurate to me, more like 'just abouts'.
So my question is this: Is model railroading concerned about real accuracy in trains, or must we put up with a reasonable proximity, in general?