ExactRail threatening new models for N scale

[Missaberoad]

I'm encouraged by the fact that Chris Brimley is a VP of product there now.

[wazzou]

Meanwhile Blaine Hadfield is producing dope a$$ HO models on the regular at Arrowhead.

[wcfn100]

Looking back at my old posts, the car I was talking about is a 50’s era car. It was originally scheduled to be announced in 2016.

Jason

[sirenwerks]

Looking back at my old posts, the car I was talking about is a 50’s era car. It was originally scheduled to be announced in 2016.

Jason

Anything that was running early 70s is fine by me.  I'd like to see the PC&F 6033 again and new paint schemes on ER's 4427 would be welcome, and the Berwick 7440 ion N scale would be nice.  And please, keep those detail parts flowing.  The roofs (rooves?) are sweet and I have a number of projects queuing that they will be part of, but the other stuff you have in HO would be welcome.

[learmoia]

The VertiPac was one of the first models, about 10 years ago with no reruns.. plenty of more roads to do there..

Remember 10 years ago was 2011.. not 2001 or 1991..

At least for me.. the concept of more time passing than I think is definetly an issue..

[wazzou]

...I'd like to see the PC&F 6033 again.

Wasn't that a Gunderson car?

[sirenwerks]

Wasn't that a Gunderson car?

No, but I forgot the Gunderson 5200, another car I'd like to see more of.


I think I blocked that one out because of the Gunderson reference.  I wanted ER to do the Gunderson 7466 woodchip car so bad that it was soul crushing...

[wazzou]

^^^Ah, I guess I don’t remember the PC&F car. 
I thought the CF was a little on the high side for the Gunderson car so pay no mind to me.  Carry on.

[sirenwerks]

^^^Ah, I guess I don’t remember the PC&F car. 
I thought the CF was a little on the high side for the Gunderson car so pay no mind to me.  Carry on.

I vaguely remember one of them having roof issues too, like the wrong roof design.

[James Costello]

I vaguely remember one of them having roof issues too, like the wrong roof design.

The SOU waffles did... and they subsequently issued replacements.

[C855B]

Meanwhile Blaine Hadfield is producing dope a$$ HO models on the regular at Arrowhead.

I was at the UPHS convention where Blaine gave an extensive talk on his (ExactRail) GSI bulkhead flat project. In HO, obviously. Apparently he spent several days with a tape measure and camera documenting the UP prototype he was after which happened to be languishing on a spur north of Ogden. The resulting HO model is stunning in its detail due to his work.

But Blaine being Blaine, he pooh-poohed any notion of porting it to N. Maybe cooler heads can prevail at ER and we might see it. I'd be good for a dozen.

[wazzou]

Yeah, his releases so far, though not in my Scale, and beyond my era parallel or even exceed Tangent with regard to prototype fidelity.
Have you seen the RailGon gondolas?
The underframe detail is pretty staggering.
I’m actually debating whether to buy the book Arrowhead is releasing on Northern Tier grain elevators.
It looks pretty intriguing and the video where he talks about it while holding two fingers of Bourbon on the rocks makes it hard to resist. 

[milw156]

I’m actually debating whether to buy the book Arrowhead is releasing on Northern Tier grain elevators.
It looks pretty intriguing and the video where he talks about it while holding two fingers of Bourbon on the rocks makes it hard to resist. 

He gave a clinic at the 2019 Chicagoland RPM that was basically the book. He did a LOT of research on it photographing buildings that were on their deathbeds in some cases. From my recollection these were SMALL elevators from towns that were frequently just a suggestion of civilization at that point in time. It was a bit over the top for me, as my modeling tastes are later and more urban, but you have to applaud the guy for the passion he put into this project.

[cv_acr]

I vaguely remember one of them having roof issues too, like the wrong roof design.

That might have been the Gunderson car. ISTR something about the roof only being correct for one specific road name, and the others had a different type of roof. (X vs diagonal panel)

[jpf94]

my inquiry about a new run of the 66' bulkheads was that the molds needed retool on the coupler pockets and that we would see an announcement in 2021 about a new run, guess this was it.