Hello,
I’ve looked everywhere on google and ebay for an Atlas Amtrak Dash 8-32BW, but can’t seem to find one anywhere and those ebay pages on google search are old and need to be erased.
Anyone have any suggestions on where they might still be available? Is anybody willing to sell thiers?
This ones on Ebay, it’s in Canada. Read the listing, a family sale going on, you might be able to score more stuff.
Good luck!
Mike.
I’m looking for one in the “Phase 4 Scheme”.
That one has multiple colors.
You are doing about all you can do, haunt ebay, train shows and maybe post on some other forums like the Atlas rescue forum. Thats about all you can do. Join some other forums that have a “wanted” area and post there. Good Luck! Mike
Guess I should have purchased one when Atlas first released them instead of waiting 15 years.
The way stuff shows up on eBay is totally random, it’s almost like a radio.
I have the same problem with N. When it comes with the 8-40BHW in all three schemes.
Some prices are too expensive to get.
save the search (on ebay). once you do that, it will alert you when an item is listed.
Still no Atlas Amtrak Dash 8’s in Phase IV on evilbay,
Ain’t that a shame?
I’ll keep searching.
If you’re not allergic to it, there’s a few undecorated ones on ebay right now and Microscale made Phase IV decals in the last few years.
Nittany Lion,
I’ve NEVER painted or decaled an HO Scale locomotive in my life nor have I used a spray gun, It would require supervision from a modeling pro to make sure I’ don’t screw up.
I’ve always wondered how you pro’s did it! It looks very easy to mess up if you make a mistake, Plus the decals/numbers are not stickers and have to be applied using water or something. What if the windows came glued in? How do I remove them if I’m going to paint the shell? The window’s don’t need paint!
I’ll try making a wish request, maybe someone out there will hear it, and put one up for grabs on ebay. [:D]
Funny right? [(-D]
Well, you have to take the loco apart, add the detail parts you want to make it the specific loco you want model, then paint and decal accordingly. It’s all part of modeling.
It’s really not that difficult [:D] And, if you have some older unused train set cars, you could practice.
Just saying, don’t be affraid to jump in and learn, like everyone else has. Just don’t start with an expensive loco.
Good luck on your search, I have been watching, too, now that I learned what the different phase locos look like, thanks to you, for pointing it out to me. [:D] I guess the loco I referenced you to, in a previous post, is the phase 2, or phase 3 ?
Mike.
A few things:
You’ve lucked into a relatively simple paint job. Phase IV is basically silver, with a dark gray roof. There’s some gray on the sides, but it follows panel lines, for the most part, which means its less hard to “get right.”
Undecorated models tend to come semi-disassembled because they know they’re getting painted. They won’t have the glass in the windows. Even if they did, little bits of blue painter’s tape from the hardware store (heck, Target even) will do the job masking the glass. You don’t need an airbrush. True, a skilled hand with an airbrush can produce good results, but you’re doing a relatively simple job. A spray can will do. Just going to take a few light coats. Do the silver-gray first. I’d have to consult my data on what color works good for that Amtrak color. The gray, well, no idea on that, but there’s a ton of gray shades out there in spray cans. More blue tape, burnished down real good, covering the whole dang shell except for the roof and you’re good. Then give it another coat of silver. That helps seal down the edge of the tape and any bleed you’d have had is now the same color as what you’re trying to protect. Now its time for the gray and once that’s good and dry, you can take the tape off. Just be careful and pull evenly away from the masked area. You’ll get a sharp break in color without a lot of effort. Something that gave me a lot of confidence for the future was I somehow got this step exactly right the first time I ever tried to do it.
Decals. Did you ever build model airplanes when you were a kid, with the decals you soaked in water? Same kind of thing. There’s nothing to be intimidated with. Soak them in water for as long as the directions say, dry them a bit on a paper towel, and gently slide them on (help them out with something like a toothpick mayb
Thanks, NittanyLion, I did do some research, and it also seems most of these loco’s were repainted from the “pepsi can” to the phase IV, which, really would be an easy paint job.
And to ATSF guy, there are a couple on Ebay, but they are not Atlas, they are the Walters Trainline model.
Mike.
Some Atlas Santa Fe Dash 8’s have turned up, but so far no Amtrak units.
I can’t model the “New Amsterdam Limited” without an Amtrak Phase IV Dash 8, the First Run of Walthers Superliners appear to be scarce on ebay as well.
The Atlas version has extra details and looks so much better than the Walthers version.
When you say first run, do you mean the first run of the plated ones or some earlier run?
The older ones that were released around 2001/2002. They don’t have interiors. The #932 series numbers.
Lots of Walther’s rolling stock is 932. I can’t find a reference to a run from 2001/2002, but there was a run in 1998. Its possible (or likely) there’s a run I don’t know if. However, I am somewhat perplexed: why do you want an older run like that? If its because you don’t like the plated ones, then why not Kato or Con-Cor?
If you want one you can take out of the box, just the right phase color, with all the details you want, you’ll have to keep searching. Your alternative is to use some modeling skills, and make it happen. [:)]
Good luck,
Mike
I’ll keep checking ebay,
The “New Amsterdam Limited” is very easy to model in HO Scale, just need 4 Superliners and a Dash 8.
I first saw the Walthers Superliners in the 2002 Reference Book. It showed a coach and a diner being pulled by (yep you guessed it!) a Dash 8 in phase IV.
I like the older runs because the silver paint on the Superliner cars match the silver Dash 8 made by Atlas. The chrome plated ones are too expensive and while I like the interiors, the plated effect shines too much and just…well they don’t look right.
Not everything has to be plated!