First taste of MTL SW1500

[u18b]

flexicoil-     Mmmmm.  Mmmmm.  good. 

Thanks.

[ednadolski]

We show you a PRE-PRODUCTION sample and all hell breaks loose, I just love the way things are blown out of proportion here on Railwire.

Yeah, it is pretty UN-inspiring.  Not just the waste of time and energy, but also to see that the forum as a whole is getting a bad rep.   

Does the forum have an 'ignore' button that can be applied to specific threads?   It would be nice if there were a way to keep this from showing up in the "Show unread posts from last visit" list.

Ed

[John]

We took a decent running locomotive that has been in production for quite a few years, that was not DCC ready, and in collaboration with Digi-Trax, came up with a way to make the chassis DCC ready, so all those existing locomotives out there can now be DCC controlled. Your welcome.

Just so you all know, I'm in the process of designing Flexi-Coil truck side frames for future releases and later we will be doing the body mounted hand rail version.

Steve Ward
Micro-Trains Line Designer

Welcome Steve .. I for one am glad to see that you worked with Digi for a decoder .. I have a couple of LL SW9s  switchers that I've never been happy with the DZ121s .. I will reserve my judgement on the rest of the model for when I see it ..

[John]

Yeah, it is pretty UN-inspiring.  Not just the waste of time and energy, but also to see that the forum as a whole is getting a bad rep.   

Does the forum have an 'ignore' button that can be applied to specific threads?   It would be nice if there were a way to keep this from showing up in the "Show unread posts from last visit" list.

Ed

There is no "ignore button" .. but you can ignore individual users  .. the feature is in your profile ..   unfortunately, it doesnt work for admins or mods

[learmoia]

Just so you all know, I'm in the process of designing Flexi-Coil truck side frames for future releases and later we will be doing the body mounted hand rail version.

Steve Ward
Micro-Trains Line Designer

[coosvalley]

We show you a PRE-PRODUCTION sample and all hell breaks loose, I just love the way things are blown out of proportion here on Railwire.


Steve Ward
Micro-Trains Line Designer

I dunno, maybe show us a production model to shut us up ?

Joe
I'll post a shot later tonight.

Unfortunately the pictures on your website as well as the pictures on ebay all show a shell which is sitting way too low on the mechanism. How did that happen ? Why is there no clear picture from the manufacturer, who I assume would like to sell many of this model, available on your website ? A clear picture would have eliminated all most of the conversations.

Jane

THIS...

[tom mann]

Steve,

Thanks for signing up and posting. 

We sure do appreciate Joe taking the time to share some photos with us.  Unfortunately, some of the criticism was over the top and personal, and therefore I issued a ban to a member.  However, this thread is dragging on because there a lot of members would like to see what the actual model looks like, as Joe's sample photos don't match the "official" MTL release photo. Amazingly, no one seems to have a photo to post, which puts this model in the same category as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster:  few have seen, no one has a definitive photo. I reached out to a hobby shop owner yesterday so have him post a photo, but he already sold out. 

[peteski]

The undec model body with the gray cab in the above photos is clearly setting on a Kato NW2 chassis.   You can see the end-axle pickups through the truck sides.  The undec model with the black cab looks like its on the 'real' LL-derivative.

Randy, both Kato and Life-Like models use the end-axle pickups, so (as it has already been pointed out) both photos had a model on a LL chassis.

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I've renamed my Fob  "a$$hat"  seems fitting.

[CBQ Fan]

We show you a PRE-PRODUCTION sample and all hell breaks loose, I just love the way things are blown out of proportion here on Railwire.

Both are the same chassis, the top one has the LL fuel tank , the bottom pic shows the SW1500 fuel tank that we produced. The top pic shows the shell before stops were added to the inside of the shell to set the correct height. We took a decent running locomotive that has been in production for quite a few years, that was not DCC ready, and in collaboration with Digi-Trax, came up with a way to make the chassis DCC ready, so all those existing locomotives out there can now be DCC controlled. Your welcome.

Just so you all know, I'm in the process of designing Flexi-Coil truck side frames for future releases and later we will be doing the body mounted hand rail version.

Steve Ward
Micro-Trains Line Designer

It is good to see Joe has some reinforcements!!  Keep up the good work!

[peteski]

Nice Joe!  You chose an unusual angle to show the ride height.    But judging by the extended power pickup leafs clearly visible in this photo, the body certainly looks to be sitting much higher than a SW1200.

[tom mann]

Cool Joe, thanks.

[Gozer the Gozerian]

You REALLY think showing a picture will shut everyone up?   I gotta bridge you may want to buy.

Joe

I dunno, maybe show us a production model to shut us up ?

THIS...

[Gozer the Gozerian]

Here is an end to end shot with my Paul Graf Fob.   

[tom mann]

Joe, could you lower it a little bit   and maybe to the left