Classic Metal Works Autos in Pairs of Two Different Colors

[VGN50]

Sorry if this is old news.  If so, I must have dozed off.

Wig-Wag is listing CMW 1950 DeSoto and 1950 Plymouths in their usual 2-pak but with 2 different paint schemes.

I think this is important because we complained about one color pairs and they must have listened (as they promised they would).

Kudos to CMW!

Mark

[CBQ Fan]

Iam buying some for that very reason!!

[SP-Wolf]

Awesome news. Hopefully- this is how they will be selling their vehicles from now on.

Excellent,
Wolf

[up1950s]

Iam buying some for that very reason!!

Wow , that's great news . I am looking forward to buying every color now . I was so pissed off with that same color change .

Here the horses mouth sings
http://www.classicmetalworks.com/gpEasy/index.php

[Loren Perry]

The CMW webpage has all the details on these new N-scale models:

http://www.classicmetalworks.com/gpEasy/index.php

The Plymouth and DeSoto four-door sedans will be most welcome on my layout - I'll be buying samples of everything they offer, some in multiples. Ditto the new trucks. I hope the Pacific Electric Railways transit bus is an N-scale model - their webpage isn't clear because immediately below it is a new HO scale Aerovan. If the bus is N-scale, a couple of those will be added to my city bus fleet as well. Thank you, thank you CMW! Well done!

[mplsjct]

Very nice, hopefully, we'll see some 1960's era autos too, someday.

[CBQ Fan]

Wow , that's great news . I am looking forward to buying every color now . I was so pissed off with that same color change .

Here the horses mouth sings
http://www.classicmetalworks.com/gpEasy/index.php

I felt about the same way!!  Doublemint Twins!!  uck.

[NARmike]

It would be nice if Atlas would catch on to this too

[Loren Perry]

As a transition-era modeler, I also would love to see CMW introduce some autos from 1939 through 1941-1942 body styles. Due to war shortages from 1942 through 1945 - 1946, these cars were very numerous throughout the 1950's and into the early 1960's. Historical photos show them in large numbers during this era. We have enough Fords from this time frame but some nice four-door sedans and "fastback sedans" would be highly desirable to break up the uniformity of body styles in parking lots and used car dealerships, etc. IOW, cars with running boards. The DeSotos and Plymouths are very much appreciated and I am grateful for them and will buy them, but they all share the same bodies as CMW's 1950 Dodge Meadowbrooks and therefore look pretty much alike other than colors and grille details. Some variety of car bodies, especially rear end contours (bustle trunks, fastbacks, beavertails, etc.) would really help out in making our parking lots and streets look like the historical photos do. And 1960's - 1970's modelers would find them ideal for modeling low income or working class environments where the trains are found.

Thanks again, CMW! You are loved!

[Atlas Paul]

It would be nice if Atlas would catch on to this too

It will be interesting to see how this works out.  When we started our vehicle line, we discussed this with the retailers and distributors and they were against mixing colors as they were concerned they would never have the color or combination of colors that their customer wanted.

[rogergperkins]

Loren, I agree with you completely about the need for those earlier era cars and think your rationale is on target!  CMW released a 1934 model car in HO, but never brought it to N-scale. 
I followed your lead and added several GHQ models to my layout, but would really like for CMW to bring us their standard level of excellent detail to vehicles from the 1930s and early 1940's before new automobiles essentially not available during WW II.  I remember many early vintage cars on the road during my childhood in the 1940s.

[peteski]

It will be interesting to see how this works out.  When we started our vehicle line, we discussed this with the retailers and distributors and they were against mixing colors as they were concerned they would never have the color or combination of colors that their customer wanted.

Paul,
I really think that this apprehension is unwarranted.  I think that when models of passenger cars are concerned, as long as each one is a different color, modelers will not be picky about the colors themselves.  After all, they are modeling a world where vehicle color variety is the norm.  After all, how often do you see bunch of cars painted the same color?  I think that CMW made a correct decision and it would be good to see other manufacturers follow that.  Wiking for example has been selling multi-color (even multi brand) cars packaged together since day one. I don't recall anybody complaining about "too much variety or colors".

But OTOH, I think that a multi-color packs for tractors might not sell too well as many people like to model fleets. Speaking of tractors and trailers, why doesn't Atlas sell complete tractor/trailer combos decorated for the same company?   That would be a nice addition to your lineup.   I would also like to see Atlas produce a model of a modern COE tractor with small day-cab.  There doesn't seem to be a model of one produced by anybody. I would love to get one and use it to model tractor/trailer set from companies such as UPS or FedEx (or many other companies who use fleets of short-distance tractor/trailers). I wouldn't expect Atlas to produce decorated versions of those companies but I'm more than willing to decorate them myself. 


Getting back to CMW, I'm a bit disappointed that the new Desoto and Plymouths are nothing more than rehash of the Dodge Meadowbrook.  I never liked that model (the side windows and pillars just don't look right to me).  It would be nice to have a truly new N scale model from them.

[GimpLizard]

Very nice, hopefully, we'll see some 1960's era autos too, someday.

1964, 9 passenger, Rambler Ambassador Station wagon.



I had one, in the mid 70's,  just like the red/white one in the back. though the red on mine was closer to a wine red. Had a 327 with a automatic. And airconditioning. What a great car.

[NARmike]

Paul;
Thanks for the reply... It's so nice to have manufacturers right here, listening and contributing.

I must second peteski's opinion. I too would much rather see the variety in colours (or colors... depending on your side of the 49th). Other than modelling a car lot, autos of the same color seem unrealistically repetitive.

On the subject of tractor trailers... 40’ undecorated trailers... does Atlas make any? I can't seem to find them. I would love to be able to deck them out for some specific, uncommon trucking lines from my past!

[cfritschle]

I will take the unpopular position and state that I am a fan of two packs of the same color in some instances.  When Atlas released the Ford Taurus, I bought the white cars in ratios of four or five to one over the other colors.  Why, because white was the most common color for the prototype of that car, they were everywhere in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  I did the same thing with the Ford F-150, a lot of white ones, and generally only one set of the rarer colors.

But for some of the other less common colors, such as Medium Willow Green and Pacific Green, two different colors in the same package would have been fine.  But, since I wanted an example of each color, I wound up buying more sets than I would have had they mixed the colors in the package.

As for the Wiking example, I have found it quite frustrating to have to by three or four cars just to get the one I want.  I have purchased many examples of the Wiking 918 set because I wanted the New Beetle.  I have way more Porsche Boxters than I need, and I have no use for the Mercedes A Class that also comes in that set.  To make it even worse, until very recently, Busch only offered the civilian version of the Mercedes ML Class with a Mercedes A Class.  Add that one to the Mercedes A Class that Herpa packaged with their BMW 3 Series, I now have models of a car I don’t need from three different manufacturers.  Thankfully, Busch now offers a two pack of the Mercedes ML Class, without the A Class.

I hope Classic Metal Works is successful with their new endeavor, but I will be buying fewer Classic Metal Works sets than I have in the past.  Therefore, all of you who have not been buying them because both cars in the package were the same color will need to make up the difference.   

Carter