I never thought that I would hear Bill suggest that things
couldn't/shouldn't easily be made in our favorite scale. But then he
turns around and complements me on being the "most motivated model would
do".
As you might recall I suggested taking a look at what Railflyer was
announcing a couple of weeks ago, when they mentioned adding on various
new tooling 'toys'.
When it comes to creating a new shells for small runs we can look with
pride to the recent GE & Fairbanks Morse diesels and several others from
American Hi-Rail. And, by gosh, they have drives too.
I've had a much needed uptick in work recently at happens in typically
off hours, so the project of making up a new drive for my 'stored
serviceable' Milwaukee Road GP-9's is sitting waiting for time. Yes it
took some motivation, some creative thinking and with the addition of
some time they will happen. All the components except for one were off
the shelf items; so it really isn't that hard.
Now the part of selling new converts on purchasing something more modern
is up to the S-Sig, the NASG, the manfacturers and of course, us.
Although I model mostly in the late 40's and 50's on my home layout, I
do push that into the late 80's with the equipment that I run on our
modules. That being said if you're a Milwaukee modeler life ends with
the SD40-2--in fact is perfectly fine to run some very tired looking F
units with SD-40's
Bob Werre
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Michael,
Your efforts are good but.... In order for Railflyer Model Prototypes
to release items like different style cabs etc they have to be made
towards being fitted to an existing product, could be convinced to
release a complete shell that still leaves the buyer with finding and
fitting a drive for it -- something only the most motivated modeler
would do..
You are in the chicken before the egg situation. Once the first
complete modern locomotive is released building and growing on that
era will be easier.
Thank You,
Bill Lane
