Concor mp15 ho

[meanjean]

What is the quality of these? Any good? How do they run? Better then a Athearn BB?
They look ok with the limited pics I have seen. They come with a dual mode decoder.
Can someone give me some feed back please?

 

[Alcomotive]

Jerome could answer this. He recently got that SP unit...and him being the switcher guy .....

 

[meanjean]

Figured so. He probably has about 12 of them

 

[wheeler1963]

Chad,

I have 3 of the Con-Cor (non-DCC) MP15's now and 3 Athearn (2 DCC w/sound) MP15's. I'd say this is comparing Fords to Cadillacs.

Con-Cor-has very few details to it, very thick molding details, hand rails are about 3 times as thick and very difficult to install. But can be had for pretty cheap off of ebay etc.

Athearn-Complete except for weathering. But on the expensive side. I found this unit for $120 w/sound which was a bargain.

Here is the Con-Cor unit. I added "ALL" of the detail parts to this model.

Here is the Athearn unit. I have not touched this unit, it came this way stock.

 

[UP2CSX]

I've had the older Con-Cor MP-15 and they were fine for their day. As Jerome said, compared to the newer Athearns, the details, what few there were, were way oversized and the handrails looked like 4" PVC. They also didn't run very well and are not easy to convert to DCC. However, you must be asking about the current production models since they have decoders. The mechanicals are much better and some more details, like separate grab irons, have been added. For some reason, they still use those giant handrails. If you can pick up one cheap, say $50 or under, they are worth buying. Otherwise, stick to Athearn.

 

[diburning]

The problem is that the con-cor ones are too light and does not have much traction.