Atlas November announcement Walthers N tooling edition

[sundowner]

Finally some tooling that should have seen more runs by the previous owner. Thank you Atlas for rescuing this.



https://shop.atlasrr.com/d-505-november-2018-asmc.aspx

[ryan_wilkerson]

I wonder if they modified the GP-20 mechanism for sound or could they use the Atlas GP-9?

GP-20   https://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1508-n214.aspx?utm_source=TheRailWire
Russell Snow Plow: https://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1510-n216.aspx?utm_source=TheRailWire
Difco Side Dump:   https://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1509-n215.aspx?utm_source=TheRailWire

[Philip H]

I like how the Silver Versions already have the speaker built in.

[CBQ Fan]

Absolutely nothing of interest.  My pre order list is down to two products and I could really care less if they ever show up.

[wcfn100]

I think that single car MSRP on the Difco cars is the same as what I paid for the Walthers three pack. 

Jason

[Point353]

I like how the Silver Versions already have the speaker built in.

It's like wearing earphones that aren't plugged into anything.

[Colorado_Bob]

Absolutely nothing of interest.  My pre order list is down to two products and I could really care less if they ever show up.

My reservation list isn't much deeper than yours.  I was reviewing it just the other day and wondering how that could have happened as I normally have a rather lengthy list.  I've written off the Concor locos ever seeing the light of day.  That leaves a couple of locos and a few pieces of rolling stock, none of which will make or break my roster.  I usually have something to look forward to for Christmas, but not this year.

[C855B]

Oh, dear. This is going to be expensive, as I have a weakness for UP GP20s. [...sigh...] But it'll save me a bunch of bench time putting CN-GP decoders in the 2 or 3 1st-gen LL units already in the bench queue.

[Tom L]

Nice to see the Russell plows make an appearance. They were fetching high prices on the Bay for a while.

Tom L.

[central.vermont]

Yes this is nice to see some plows once again. I noticed that they stated it has window
glazing. I cannot remember but did the original ones have glazing??

Jon

[johnb]

Yes this is nice to see some plows once again. I noticed that they stated it has window
glazing. I cannot remember but did the original ones have glazing??

Jon

no, they did not

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Yep,  noticed the windows too. Maybe they will offer a retrofit kit for older models. I painted up a Conrail version years ago, but I never met a plow I didn't like.

[C855B]

I was about to push (...or click...) the button to pre-order a trio of UP GP20s, and at that moment realized they would become yet another project gathering dust in the queue for painting and/or lettering. For some reason Atlas chose to use the last lettering scheme, with the UP medallion on the cab sides. Of the 17-20 years the GP20s were on the roster, in only four of those years could they have possibly received this scheme, and from my research many didn't. I could confirm one of Atlas' numbers with the late lettering, so I suspect they have evidence the other two did as well.

This is a pet peeve - paint and lettering attributing models to a later time period for rolling stock with long histories. It's usually plausible to have an earlier scheme in a scene depicting a more modern era, but the other way around is an anachronism that should be corrected. Another example is conspicuity stripes on pre-2005 equipment - easy to add, a PITA to remove for backdating.

[...sigh...]

I could probably get the medallion off the cabs without too much headache using the Solvaset trick, but it is frustrating needing to do this. But as others have expressed, I should be thankful for the quick re-release of a very nice model and just STFU.

[Point353]

I was about to push (...or click...) the button to pre-order a trio of UP GP20s, and at that moment realized they would become yet another project gathering dust in the queue for painting and/or lettering. For some reason Atlas chose to use the last lettering scheme, with the UP medallion on the cab sides. Of the 17-20 years the GP20s were on the roster, in only four of those years could they have possibly received this scheme, and from my research many didn't. I could confirm one of Atlas' numbers with the late lettering, so I suspect they have evidence the other two did as well.

Maybe Atlas is planning to produce a model of the DD35?
https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1849/44762298551_2515f0faef_b.jpg

475: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2090282
481: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/308832

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I was about to push (...or click...) the button to pre-order a trio of UP GP20s, and at that moment realized they would become yet another project gathering dust in the queue for painting and/or lettering. For some reason Atlas chose to use the last lettering scheme, with the UP medallion on the cab sides. Of the 17-20 years the GP20s were on the roster, in only four of those years could they have possibly received this scheme, and from my research many didn't. I could confirm one of Atlas' numbers with the late lettering, so I suspect they have evidence the other two did as well.

This is a pet peeve - paint and lettering attributing models to a later time period for rolling stock with long histories. It's usually plausible to have an earlier scheme in a scene depicting a more modern era, but the other way around is an anachronism that should be corrected. Another example is conspicuity stripes on pre-2005 equipment - easy to add, a PITA to remove for backdating.

[...sigh...]

I could probably get the medallion off the cabs without too much headache using the Solvaset trick, but it is frustrating needing to do this. But as others have expressed, I should be thankful for the quick re-release of a very nice model and just STFU.

Yeah, but unlike Walthers... I'd say just wait a year or so and the other paint scheme should probably come along.