May Micro Trains Weathered releases are up

[JoeD]

No Atlas stuff on the Micro-Trains thread!

Thought we would give your wallet a break this month  LOL


Hmm... ha ha ha ha ha,
Kiz has a sense of humor...

[JoeD]

When do we get the unadulterated EL version?

Working it into the program.

Joe

[bbussey]

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Most impressive.

[mu26aeh]

The new releases are listed on their website, but it says contact dealer.  I have a gift certificate to spend at MT (thanks MT and @Shipsure )  but I'm guessing I'm going to have to pick that ConRail/EL car up at the LHS.

[Dave V]

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Most impressive.

That's freakin' sweet.

[peteski]

I wish I could afford the printer MTL weathers these cars with.

[OldEastRR]

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Most impressive.

Maybe MTL can set up a line to produce weathered truck, wheels, coupler and trip pin. Not just for cars like this one, but sold separately so guys who weather their own cars can just pop on a set of pre-weathered truck. This is NOT sarcasm.

[learmoia]

Working it into the program.

Joe

Or the Conrail version in brown, or grey, or the Evans hopper in patched silver ?

[dmidkiff]

I wish I could afford the printer MTL weathers these cars with.

Since they print these, how difficult would it be to reprint past releases?  I'm sure there is more to it than just putting a undec shell in the printer. I would think it would be pretty easy to load up the past artwork and hit the print button.

Doug

[peteski]

Since they print these, how difficult would it be to reprint past releases?  I'm sure there is more to it than just putting a undec shell in the printer. I would think it would be pretty easy to load up the past artwork and hit the print button.

Doug

It should be easily doable. They do have to spray paint the body with the base color and stick bunch of cars in some sort of holding tray. Then they load up the artwork and let the printer go. Of course this operation has to be repeated for all the sides. Some cars also receive some Tampo printing (although less and less nowadays due to the better print resolution of the printers they are upgrading to).  Of course I don't work at MTL so this is all a semi-educated speculation on my part.

Then there is usually some additional manual weathering added. @Shipsure could probably better describe since I think he is one of the employees that do this. As I understand, the set up an array of cars and airbrush some rust/dirt/grime onto those cars.

@OldEastRR , the paint used for the weathering process does no adhere well to the slippery engineering plastic used for truck/couplers, so I suspect MTL would get lots of complaints that the weathering is rubbing off too easily when the weathered trucks/couplers are being installed or handled. It is ok on pre-weathered cars because of minimal handling (most stay in their jewel boxes). 

[dmidkiff]

It should be easily doable. They do have to spray paint the body with the base color and stick bunch of cars in some sort of holding tray. Then they load up the artwork and let the printer go. Of course this operation has to be repeated for all the sides. Some cars also receive some Tampo printing (although less and less nowadays due to the better print resolution of the printers they are upgrading to).  Of course I don't work at MTL so this is all a semi-educated speculation on my part.

Then there is usually some additional manual weathering added. @Shipsure could probably better describe since I think he is one of the employees that do this. As I understand, the set up an array of cars and airbrush some rust/dirt/grime onto those cars.

Thanks, Pete.  That was the process I had in mind as well.  I jumped on the recent ex-McCloud River cars, but there are a few past releases I'd like to get as well.  I know they pop up for sale on the bay or at shows, was just curious if MTL could ever re run them.

Doug

[Cajonpassfan]

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Most impressive.

Yea. Wow, just wow....
So is each car slightly different, given the speculation about a final airbrush hit?
Otto K.

[bbussey]

More "wow-factor" photos.

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[Ed Kapuscinski]

Dammit! Stop posting these!
I'm still waiting for it to show up @ MBK.

[Dave V]

Dammit! Stop posting these!
I'm still waiting for it to show up @ MBK.

And quit making me regret leaving Conrail...!