Bowser Airslide Hopper December 2017 Release

[Mark5]

Are licensing fees keeping MT from those schemes?

Doubtful.

Well, the Wonder Bread isn't a 4180 airslide (it's larger ... 4566 I think), so if they want to stay proto we won't see that one.

As for the Brach's (and others) - see Tangent. 

[Missaberoad]

so if they want to stay proto we won't see that one.

I have a bunch of Evans covered hoppers painted up as Magor cars that says otherwise.* 

Micro-trains is like Heinz ketchup They'll come out when they are ready 


**Happily running my Soo line Evans Foobies

[tom mann]

Doubtful.

Well, the Wonder Bread isn't a 4180 airslide (it's larger ... 4566 I think), so if they want to stay proto we won't see that one.

As for the Brach's (and others) - see Tangent. 

Well, MT has on occasion applied a scheme to the wrong body style if it was close enough. On occasion.

And Tangent might have been willing to pay any fees.

**Happily running my Soo line Evans Foobies

Yeah, but they look identical. I think the only difference was steel vs. aluminum construction. 

[cjm413]

Well, MT has on occasion applied a scheme to the wrong body style if it was close enough. On occasion.

And Tangent might have been willing to pay any fees.

Yeah, but they look identical. I think the only difference was steel vs. aluminum construction.

Evans 4780 had ribbed roof, Magor 4750 had extra bracing on the slope sheets.   Most of the early Magor 4750's had the high-mounted brakewheels.

[coosvalley]

Well, MT has on occasion applied a scheme to the wrong body style if it was close enough. On occasion.

  ...

MTL has had time to do the Brach's and Prince and Wonder Bread schemes,

These cars have only recently been released by Micro Trains I thought??


I recently watched an auction for one of those B&M Prince  cars, it sold for 56.00 before shipping, so I'd say there's at least a small demand for them..

[peteski]

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These cars have only recently been released by Micro Trains I thought??


I recently watched an auction for one of those B&M Prince  cars, it sold for 56.00 before shipping, so I'd say there's at least a small demand for them..

I do recall some older covered hopper cars with Wonder Bread scheme, but I thought those were special run: Either by NSE/NSC or by BLW or another company that produces low-volume custom painted runs of cars.  Not MTL.

[coosvalley]

I do recall some older covered hopper cars with Wonder Bread scheme, but I thought those were special run: Either by NSE/NSC or by BLW or another company that produces low-volume custom painted runs of cars.  Not MTL.

They were two different thoughts. I was pointing out that despite someone saying that MTL has had plenty of time to release the Wonder Bread or Brach's cars, but didn't they only recently release this body style?.


And yes, the wonder bread car was a special run, OLDER MODEL, not an MTL car.

[Point353]

Are licensing fees keeping MT from those schemes?

Apparently not - at least for the Prince car.
The NSE/NSC just announced a special run 3-pack of the B&M/Prince MTL airslides:
http://www.nscaleenthusiast.com/NSE_SR_Pages/NSE_Prince_Hoppers.asp
Also made by MTL, Prince trailers on NYC and B&M flatcars:
http://www.nscaleenthusiast.com/NSE_SR_Pages/NSE_Prince_Flats.asp

[nickelplate759]

I thought there was only one Airslide in the Prince scheme (#5835)...but I've been wrong before.

[sirenwerks]

I do recall some older covered hopper cars with Wonder Bread scheme, but I thought those were special run: Either by NSE/NSC or by BLW or another company that produces low-volume custom painted runs of cars.  Not MTL.

Didn't Walthers do the PD covered hopper in a Wonder Bread paint scheme?

[asarge]

Didn't Walthers do the PD covered hopper in a Wonder Bread paint scheme?

They did.

fixed quote tag -gfh