First, the tankcars; >From the illustration, these seem to be from marx's "deluxe" (per Greenberg)line. The tank itself is a believable size for S scale. So is the ladder. The chassis is a little wide (unless K-Line has narrowed it) for S by about 1/8th inch as I recall. I already have 3 of these which I converted to S over a decade ago. One is a Penn Salt, even!
Boxcars; It's not conclusive which boxcar mold K-Line is using for these. The original 3/16th" scale plastic boxcar was a "medium grade" car with molded on doors, so if they did use the 3/16th" scale tooling, it's been altered. Unfortunately, the proportions of the illustration look like that of Marx's "deluxe" boxcar. They had opening doors alright, but were NOT 3/16th" scale, being a bit too wide. Let's hope the production trucks look as good as the pix. WAY better AND fewer $ than Flyonel. Chuck F. S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
