|
|
Post by atsfan on Jul 14, 2012 19:00:58 GMT -8
Are these engines out as in for sale in stores? I have not seen any. They were due out back in the winter. If anyone has one what say you about it? I am curious how they stack up to Athearn's and Kato's versions. Thanks  |
|
|
|
Post by nw611 on Jul 15, 2012 6:13:42 GMT -8
When announced, they were supposed to be in the stores in January 2012. I asked the same question on this forum a few weeks ago and nobody seems to know anything about them. On the Walthers website their delivery date is "unknown". Very strange. Ciao.
Raffaele
|
|
|
|
Post by riogrande on Jul 15, 2012 6:30:31 GMT -8
Sounds like another victim of the chinese factories.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2012 10:02:57 GMT -8
End of September is the anticipated date......we'll see.
|
|
|
|
Post by el3637 on Jul 15, 2012 23:42:56 GMT -8
If anyone has one what say you about it? I am curious how they stack up to Athearn's and Kato's versions. I saw them at Rosemont back in October. Test shots. MTH seems to be trying hard to pay attention to what HO modelers really want, but TBQH I have enough Katos to build pretty much every GP35 I will ever need, so the MTH doesn't really interest me. The GP35 was one of Kato's best. It's kitbashable to any phase I variant... phase II will be a bit harder, but I don't really need one. I'd like to have a Southern version and that may be the one Southern unit I have to build and paint myself. I can model any N&W unit - including the Wabash, P&WV, and lone NKP units - from the Kato. The hardest one to do is the phase 1a1 with the short inertial grill - nobody makes that part. I will probably end up modifying the Cannon part. Andy |
|
|
|
Post by nw611 on Jul 16, 2012 0:08:31 GMT -8
Andy, I've seen a picture of N&W 1303 in 1973 with a low nose. I was under the impression that all the 69 original N&W GP35s had high noses and the others, acquired through mergers, had low noses. Was 1303 rebuilt with a low nose or, maybe, ordered by Wabash or NKP before the merger, and delivered to N&W ? Ciao. Raffaele
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2012 4:14:21 GMT -8
Andy, I've seen a picture of N&W 1303 in 1973 with a low nose. I was under the impression that all the 69 original N&W GP35s had high noses and the others, acquired through mergers, had low noses. Was 1303 rebuilt with a low nose or, maybe, ordered by Wabash or NKP before the merger, and delivered to N&W ? Ciao. Raffaele 1303 was ordered by Wabash just before the merger but delivered to N&W. |
|
