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MTL August Releases
« on: July 31, 2015, 08:01:29 AM »
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They're up on BLW: http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-new.htm

The new laser cut house should be of interest to those that liked the new Walthers release, especially since it is listed as #1, meaning more could follow.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2015, 08:54:39 AM »
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The law of model railway custom work is intact.... I did this a few month ago..... and "voila" MTL introduces.....



Oh well; neither is a exact match..... :D
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2015, 08:57:34 AM »
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The IC weathered can looks very good..... must resist temptation to buy GN Fire car......  :facepalm:
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2015, 08:59:30 AM »
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The water tank loads are now out separate. Cool.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2015, 02:52:16 PM »
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Nothing for me, as usual.  The CN mail-baggage is the only MTL car I've bought in the last three years.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2015, 02:58:27 PM »
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I am only buying some of the weathered/graffiti releases these days...
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2015, 03:13:50 PM »
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Quote from: bbussey on July 31, 2015, 02:52:16 PM
Nothing for me, as usual.  The CN mail-baggage is the only MTL car I've bought in the last three years.

Same here.  The only MTL car that I've bought in recent years is a B&O heavyweight observation car that I didn't really need.  I believe that MTL is doing a really nice job on these heavyweight passenger cars, but they're ignoring the southeastern U.S. roads.   :x

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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2015, 03:21:12 PM »
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Quote from: bbussey on July 31, 2015, 02:52:16 PM
Nothing for me, as usual.  The CN mail-baggage is the only MTL car I've bought in the last three years.

Yeah, nothing for me either.   For the first time in forever though, I did buy one of the SCMX tank cars last month since they wisely chose to leave off the conspic striping.

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I am only buying some of the weathered/graffiti releases these days...

Yes, and it's becoming less frequent.   The unprototypical garish graffiti on 60's boxcars and now the tendency toward the "popular tags" like the Hand of God just isn't my thing.  Which is ok I certainly don't need an excuse to spend more money.

I will say I really love the SCMX tank car though, looks great.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2015, 05:53:58 PM »
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Quote from: davefoxx on July 31, 2015, 03:13:50 PM
Same here.  The only MTL car that I've bought in recent years is a B&O heavyweight observation car that I didn't really need.  I believe that MTL is doing a really nice job on these heavyweight passenger cars, but they're ignoring the southeastern U.S. roads.   :x

I can't even remember the last MTL freight car I bought.  I think it was the black SHPX triple-dome tank.  I didn't even purchase the last three New Haven releases because they weren't prototypical.  And the only reasons I picked up the CN baggage-mail is because the model is very close to the CN prototype, and it is conceivable that a CN baggage-mail passed through New Haven CT en route to New York at some point during the 1950s.  But to be fair, I would have picked up the Erie baggage if the paint scheme wasn't pre-1920, and I would have picked up the Burlington baggage-mail if I could have justified its presence in New England.

And while the graffiti in general is a turn-off for me, these "designer-graffiti" releases of recent months have absolutely no appeal to me — particularly items that start blurring the lines of church and state.  I'll admit that the rust-encrusted Reading and Illinois Central Gulf boxcars are appealing, but I would only consider buying such models if the bodystyle was prototypically accurate in general, let alone prototypical for the railroad.  So that limits things extremely regarding which MTL releases I would buy.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2015, 07:38:28 PM »
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Add some new SW-1500s to the list: http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-sw1500.htm
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2015, 07:59:45 PM »
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I would like to see the diner and baggage in cb&q.  GN baggage is cool!
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2015, 12:37:51 AM »
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"particularly items that start blurring the lines of church and state. "

Don't you mean Church and Model Railroading. I'm sure MTL pays taxes, but that's about as far as I'd go as comparing them 'State"; unless we were forced to by their products.

Maybe we should sent a memo to the graffiti artists to keep it secular from now on. I personally don't care much for the graffiti cars, but the graffiti is prototypical even if the cars aren't.  :trollface:

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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2015, 08:31:53 AM »
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2015, 09:00:52 AM »
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Quote from: pjm20 on August 01, 2015, 08:31:53 AM
A new weathered release: http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-passengercars.htm

It's amazing that those passenger cars are so inexpensive.
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Re: MTL August Releases
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2015, 10:13:59 AM »
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Quote from: tom mann on August 01, 2015, 09:00:52 AM
It's amazing that those passenger cars are so inexpensive.

That's true; given the fact that a lot of the old Atlas, Bachmann (and the like) cars are often listed in eb*y for close to $20 a pop...

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