Just announced Northeast cabooses. 3 numbers in Reading as built, none duplicate the one number they came in from P2K. Plus a bunch of other roads that used the same basic design - I can justify a CNJ one or two. There goes my wallet…
–Randy
Welcome to the club Randy, I think I am at 23 Rapido items, I ran out of fingers and toes.[(-D]
I am currently at 2 products from Rapido… a 37 foot meat reefer, and an RDC.
I have three X-31s on reserve.
-Kevin
Join the club!!![swg][(-D][(-D][Y]
I have two RDCs and an FP9A already, and I have pre-ordered two cars for the Canadian Pacific Canadian. That is the first time that I have pre-ordered anything!
By the way, as much as I appreciate the effort that Jason and his crew have put into their products, I am a bit disappointed by a couple of the details. For example, the Mars light on the FP9A puts out very little light. It should be extremely bright but it barely glows. I’m going to get really brave at some point and take the Mars light apart to see if I can install individual LEDs in each of the lenses. I just got some 0102 white LEDs from China and they should fit inside the existing lenses just fine.
The other detail that I’m going to work on is the rear marker lights on the observation car. They should be pointing to the rear but instead the light shines in all directions. I’m hoping that all that is required is a bit of paint but I may have to reposition the LEDs to get them bright enough. Fussy, fussy, fussy!![swg][(-D][(-D]
Cheers!!
Dave
Rapido stuff is really rather good. QA suffers from the usual China Syndrome of uneven production quality but the design and manufacture are top quality.
I compare my recently acquired older (but NIB) Lifelike stuff from years ago to Rapido’s current stuff and Rapido is markedly better, which is saying something imho. Lifelike Proto seems state of the art for plastic models of that era, again just imho.
Hey, that’s exciting news, Randy. Happy for you. Maybe someday Rapido will decide to make an offset cupola caboose - like the NYC & Rutland version True Line Trains (TLT) finked out delivering on before they went belly up.
I just ran across the annnoucement on the Atlas site that Atlas acquired some molds & tooling from TLT in Aug '20. They don’t mention the offset cupola caboose so I’m guessing they only purchased the molds for items that were previously released by TLT.
Tom
Well here we go again.
I guess I will be in for a few WESTERN MARYLAND circle herald versions.
But I would be in for more if the ATLANTIC CENTRAL could get some unassembled undecorated ones…
Sheldon
I saw when reading the email subscribed newsletter I got that an undecorated version would be offered possibly once enough preorders demand was meet and when the preorder due date was announced, so I look forward to that. I like the CNJ and Conrail versions of this Northeastern Design Cabose.
The only Rapido cars I soon will have. The Amtrak N Scale Horizon coaches in late 90s, Phase IV and VI. I believe I ordered 5 or 6.
Well, I bought two of the True Line CP Cabooses and they are very fine.
I already have a fleet of those Canadian produced Lifelike C Liners (and TLT also made the version CN bought with the one three axle truck, although I think the model version powered all three axles). I’d be hoping ESU will produce a Loksound decoder with the appropriate engine sounds for that opposed piston prime mover. Rapido wants to build FM H16 44 road switchers which used the same prime mover so fingers crossed. Atlas seems to like ESU decoders.