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Post by jonklein611 on Jul 20, 2024 18:31:28 GMT -8
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Post by riogrande on Jul 20, 2024 18:37:19 GMT -8
Interesting stuff. Should be cool for some folks.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jul 20, 2024 19:44:47 GMT -8
Thought I'd share a detail from a photo I took in Oakland CA in 1975:  Ed |
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Post by Mr. Trainiac on Jul 20, 2024 20:10:21 GMT -8
That CN inspection RDC is pretty cool. I saw the prototype a few years ago when it came through town. I'm surprised it's taken Rapido this long to produce it. For a Canadian company obsessed with unique Canadian railroad equipment, this seems like a quintissential Rapido model.
Next up, we need to convince them to make the New York Central M497 jet-powered RDC or the Roger Williams, then we will have all the RDC configurations modeled.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jul 21, 2024 5:08:55 GMT -8
Next up, we need to convince them to make the New York Central M497 jet-powered RDC or the Roger Williams, then we will have all the RDC configurations modeled. RDC-4? Ed |
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Post by jonklein611 on Jul 21, 2024 13:45:07 GMT -8
That CN inspection RDC is pretty cool. I saw the prototype a few years ago when it came through town. I'm surprised it's taken Rapido this long to produce it. For a Canadian company obsessed with unique Canadian railroad equipment, this seems like a quintissential Rapido model. Next up, we need to convince them to make the New York Central M497 jet-powered RDC or the Roger Williams, then we will have all the RDC configurations modeled. Kato did that one in scale, wish they would have super sized it to HO. |
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 21, 2024 13:50:58 GMT -8
That CN inspection RDC is pretty cool. I saw the prototype a few years ago when it came through town. I'm surprised it's taken Rapido this long to produce it. For a Canadian company obsessed with unique Canadian railroad equipment, this seems like a quintissential Rapido model. Next up, we need to convince them to make the New York Central M497 jet-powered RDC or the Roger Williams, then we will have all the RDC configurations modeled. Kato did that one in scale, wish they would have super sized it to HO. did they do it PROPERLY, or just paint up an unmodified RDC to look like it? |
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Post by crblue on Jul 21, 2024 15:39:14 GMT -8
Kato did that one in scale, wish they would have super sized it to HO. did they do it PROPERLY, or just paint up an unmodified RDC to look like it? I'm not sure which RDC they used, but it was done properly with a jet engine on the roof and an ESU decoder with jet engine sounds. |
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 21, 2024 15:52:12 GMT -8
did they do it PROPERLY, or just paint up an unmodified RDC to look like it? I'm not sure which RDC they used, but it was done properly with a jet engine on the roof and an ESU decoder with jet engine sounds. sorry, I thought the original comment was talking about the CN one, so that is what I was wondering about. |
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Post by stevef45 on Jul 21, 2024 17:38:03 GMT -8
Rapido needs to do the NYC subway cars, at least some form of them. They'd have a huge seller with them.
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Post by tony on Jul 21, 2024 17:58:42 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered.
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Post by jonklein611 on Jul 22, 2024 5:40:33 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered. It looks close to this: www.railpictures.net/photo/84503/Is that not correct? |
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Post by rockisland652 on Jul 22, 2024 6:44:37 GMT -8
With all the weathering that happened to the RI Maroon units, nailing down a correct shade of red is like trying to catch smoke. That said, the red darkened over time as the paint oxidize and filth set in.
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Post by rockisland652 on Jul 22, 2024 7:43:52 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered. Has any manufacturer gotten it right? I thought the Genesis Maroon Geeps were good. |
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Post by Baikal on Jul 22, 2024 12:55:28 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered. Has any manufacturer gotten it right? I thought the Genesis Maroon Geeps were good.
Did the RI call the color Maroon or Dark Red?
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Post by rockisland652 on Jul 22, 2024 13:15:28 GMT -8
Has any manufacturer gotten it right? I thought the Genesis Maroon Geeps were good. Did the RI call the color Maroon or Dark Red?
I have always called it maroon. Several RI people I have met over the decades called it maroon. Of course the official name was Dark Red AFAIK. |
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Post by tony on Jul 22, 2024 15:12:11 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered. It looks close to this: www.railpictures.net/photo/84503/Is that not correct? That's an aged and worn coat of paint. The best Dark Red color match is Testors 1104. As this was the original color that was supplied to mfgs to color match. |
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Post by tony on Jul 22, 2024 15:18:11 GMT -8
Once again, the Rock Island Dark Red is incorrect and based upon what other vendors have offered. Has any manufacturer gotten it right? I thought the Genesis Maroon Geeps were good. I don't see the Genesis GP18's matching the original color very closely. I think the Proto GP18's were closer. |
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Post by packer on Jul 23, 2024 6:08:48 GMT -8
Oh boy. I'm in for 1, maybe 2 of those in BN. I have a frisco high-nose one i got from a mystery box and it's quite nice (although out of my era)
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Post by typhoon on Jul 23, 2024 7:43:56 GMT -8
I bet the SP ones will sell very well.
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Post by cpr4200 on Jul 23, 2024 12:32:32 GMT -8
The P&LE GE's should not have d/b.
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Post by rockisland652 on Jul 24, 2024 7:08:11 GMT -8
Has any manufacturer gotten it right? I thought the Genesis Maroon Geeps were good. I don't see the Genesis GP18's matching the original color very closely. I think the Proto GP18's were closer. I found the P2K RI Maroon to be too pale. I've had better luck with Athearn's RI Maroon...  |
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