BACK TO THE PAST WITH THE MPC 'GENERAL' STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
ROUND 2 HAS REISSUED ONE OF MPC’s most comprehensive and unusual kits, the American-type 4-4-0 wood burning locomotive, named the General . Mat Irvine: A locomotive model is hardly rare in the US - railroads are the biggest modelling subject - but what makes this kit unusual is that it is not to a standard scale such as 1:87, but to the car kit 1:25 scale, making it a very big model indeed. The latest box ( header ) is the third version of the artwork, but the first that makes it look like a real loco running on rural tracks. The box base ( below ), in common with many Round 2 kits, is used to present information that includes a photo of the assembled and finished model. When assembled, the General and tender measure more than two feet long. There are more than 300 parts, moulded in black, red, grey, clear and gold-plated. The two-part display base is moulded in brown. Opening the box ( below ) reveals that it is packed very full indeed. The General ...