Hi all,
I hope this isn’t infringing on any News embargo. [:)][;)]
The sensation of this year’s NTF in the large scale segment is the surprise announcement from PIKO ( the people with lots of large scale structures) on their new DB prototype engine. It is a modern engine of the TAURUS series, is supposed to hit the market at the 220 Euro mark (approx. US$270) and has some really nice detail i.e. wheels that have bolt and other detail.
As Dr. Wilfer put it:
It costs the same money if you produce it nice or ugly. This in reference to the tooling and production cost. Hmmmmmmmmm… I couldn’t agree more!
BRAWA, who had the really large SURPRISE last year, is coming out with prototypical cars in exact 1:22.5 scale based on the same running gear as the museum cars of the steam train. These models are exact replicas of
the C 2012 car (unlike the “almost to scale” item from “you know who”)
the MoW / service vehicles X 9023; Xk 9039; Xk 9023
http://www.brawa.de/neuheiten.php3?sprache=0&neuwahl1=3&kategorieid=88
It is refreshing to see that a manufacturer had the foresight to pick prototypes which are not just slightly plausible (as in “might have been” and “close enough”!), but are models which ran/run on the RhB. And to make it still sweeter in proper 1:22.5 scale!!![:p][:)][:D]
As the rest of the NEWS comes in we’ll have a “NEW for 2006 at NTF” thread on the RhB forum. Naturally the emphasis will be on RhB models.[;)][;)][:D][:D]