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Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« on: October 06, 2021, 11:41:01 AM »
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The initial release by Atlas of the Ford F-250/F-350 models made with the tooling they acquired from River Point Station is now on the Atlas website.  https://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1612-n239.aspx

It looks like there will be five MOW paint schemes and two "civilian" paint schemes.

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Re: Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2021, 11:59:09 AM »
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Safety yellow seems a strange choice for a non MOW truck. Don't see many truck guys driving these in that color.
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Re: Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2021, 12:16:58 PM »
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Safety yellow seems a strange choice for a non MOW truck. Don't see many truck guys driving these in that color.

Public utilities or municipal trucks were commonly painted yellow up to the 1990s, at least in my part of the world. These days white is definitely dominant.
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Re: Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2021, 01:51:31 PM »
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Too late in terms of era for me but I like that Atlas is providing a two-pack with two relatively different vehicles.
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Re: Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2021, 07:34:16 PM »
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Too late in terms of era for me but I like that Atlas is providing a two-pack with two relatively different vehicles.

Yes, that is creative marketing.  Also nice to know that the price is only a buck more than the original RPS released trucks.
Just as a reminder, the the original release of these models is still available at the sale prices at https://rps-vehicles.myshopify.com/collections/n-scale-trucks
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Re: Atlas F-250 and F-350 Ford Trucks
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2021, 12:16:42 AM »
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The Atlas list price for their 2-packs (one pickup and one service truck) is essentially the same as the River Point Station list price for their 2-packs that included one pickup and one service truck.  The Atlas price is $32.95 and the RPS price was $33.00.  Granted, RPS is liquidating their remaining stock at closeout prices.

RPS did offer 2-packs of two identical trucks (either two pickups or two service trucks) for $32.00.
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