Are there any plans to make the Chicago Metra coach cars that are currently in use? I know Three Brothers did, but with the pending release of the MP-36 from TrueLine, I would love to have something.
Wahters just announced its Amtrak cars, but in the background of the picture are the ones I really want!
None that I’ve heard of. There are a couple more options than the Three Brothers/Holgate & Renoylds cars. Island Model works makes a resin kit for the MIlw/RI style Budd Bi-levels and Union Station Product makes a kit for the CB&Q style Budd cars. Both kits will require a bunch of work if you want them to fit into today’s current standards of detail.
Here’s a link to my rebuild of an IMW car to get an idea of how much work is involved. Even when it’s done it won’t hold a candle to even an out of the box Walthers car.
http://atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hoforum&action=display&thread=259&page=1
As far as the modern Sumitomo cars go, not much is available. I believe IMW offers a kit for them, but I believe the dimension are off. If anyone decides to do a new bilevel car, it will probably be Kato and will be a Sumitomo car, since they’ve already done then in N scale. I for one wish someone would do a nice Budd car.
Ahh, wouldn’t that be sweet !
Walthers would be the most likely one to make them since they are a Midwestern based company.
The other possibility is Rapido, a Canadian company, that is devoted to producing passenger cars.
Rich
Excellent build article! Are you going to finish it here for us? I’d really like to see it all decorated up.