Would this engine look out of sorts pulling scale hoppers? Opinions appreciated...
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Depends on the era of the hoppers. Old steam era 40 to 50 foot hoppers will be fine.
The Imperial Big Boy is length compressed but pretty close in width and height.
Also, the majority of the length loss is in the Tender.
Modern ones are much bigger in Full scale so will look odd.
I agree, it or the Lionmaster Big Boy are big enough, even compressed, that they do fine alongside more older scale rolling stock.
I pull scale cars behind my Lionmaster Big Boy since the beast is still very massive it still looks good to the eye in my opinion. I do try to avoid scale cars that are too tall or high on their trucks to defeat the illusion, but unless you have a scale big boy or challenger parked next to it, it holds it own against other scale engines and rolling stock.
