I had been looking for a 28mm American Locomotive and was beginning to despair when I was pointed in the direction of this little beauty. At $12 it appears a little expensive for a PDF model, but what you get justifies the price. The completed model comprises; Locomotive and Tender, Passenger Car, Boxcar, Flatcar and Caboose. In addition you get a nice little Station, Water Tower and some track sections. All appear accurate for 1850-1885 making this model ideal for ACW, Wild West and maybe even Mexican Revolution. The model prints cleanly, with a decent level of detail. My only complaint being the lack of interior cab details on the Locomotive, I was able to kit-bash a suitable cab interior by duplicating the cab and Photoshopping some details. The simple idea of reverse folding the bogies to give a realistic overhang is inspired. I decided to cut away a lot of the dead space between the wheels and car bogies and make extra bracers. All this extra work is not essential but I feel a bit more visible track looks better than a white void. The level of detail is superb, particularly on the Passenger Car, although the end platforms and dormer are a little tricky to build. The Station is easy to build and nicely textured, the general style would fit well with Hotz "Whitewash City". I would recommend fitting internal corner braces (or maybe laminating the walls from the inside) for extra rigidity. There is enough room on the page to create tabs for basing.I would also suggest cutting away as much empty space as possible on the porch (not just the area that says Cut Out) as it will look more realistic without weakening the model. I would recommend building the Water Tower as per the instructions, after colouring the white areas with a light blue pencil. To conclude, the only major disappointment with this set is the instruction leaflet, three pages of text, with one basic sketch, is not the way to do instructions. As an experienced card modeller, I was forced to print the entire model and check my references before the meager instructions made sense. A lovely model, with the potential to be even better. Well worth the effort.

This is just a rehash of the black and white version, and done poorly at that. The model isn't modified for color, so when built, there is white cardstock showing. I had to modify it extensively to actually make it a true "color" model. The track provided has both raised beds and flat beds, but they're both printed on the same sheet, so you're stuck printing the type you don't need. The curved track piece (of which there is only one) is only of the flat variety. The various parts of the cars are on different sheets interspersed with other components, so I was stuck wasting cardstock and ink by printing items I jsut didn't need. At $12, I wish I had spent my money on something that would actually work.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: There are some nice extras, like a station and water tower.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: This product is priced WAY too high for what you get, even if it was done right.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Ripped Off<br>

nice train i'm going to use it with Grubmans gatling gun scenario on savageheroes.com<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: its a train<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: the price why is the color train costing more than the black and white train, its not like the publisher has to print it him self<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Ripped Off<br>