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Post by grabirons on Jul 21, 2022 10:11:49 GMT -8
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Post by sd40dash2 on Jul 21, 2022 10:26:50 GMT -8
...molded holes for grabirons.
grab irons! grab irons!
That's great news -- I've wanted Mainline to do this for quite some time now. Now those of us who are interested will be able to preserve the paint job while detailing the car.
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Post by drolsen on Jul 21, 2022 12:01:26 GMT -8
This may come across as an odd comment. They didn't do a great job with the tank detail, but I expected that. The model shows weld seams between the bands that make up the tank body. The prototype has overlapping bands of sheet metal forming the tank. Atlas did a good job of replicating that. This is a simplified way of modeling it for a Mainline series model.  Having said that, I think I mentioned this after the original announcement, but I'm actually glad to see it done that way. I want to buy a couple undecorated cars, shave off the weld seams, and apply new bands to model a prototype car that has a slightly different design from the Atlas model. It has more, narrower bands, and removing the raised bands on the Atlas model would have been a painful process. Now it might be feasible with this Walthers car. Dave |
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