Latest Rapido news - our commitment to N scale

[ridinshotgun]

Well since we are all putting our wish list out there, I want a SD9E.   

[rapidotrains]

Jason, will you please produce the exact loco I need in the paint need it in, and make it more detailed than ever and also cheaper than any other loco?..Thanks in advance

That probably sums up about 50% of all of our customer communications....

 

[learmoia]

I should have been more clear - I didn't necessarily mean that the HO model has been announced yet.

-Jason

Technically, if you were to produce a model in N scale only, it would be more detailed than the HO model...   

[nuno81291]

I’ll take some MBTA f40ph-2c, horizon cars tooled in this century, don’t forget the cab cars and the Amtrak metroliner cab conversions. Thanks!   

[Cajonpassfan]

That probably sums up about 50% of all of our customer communications....

 

Lol, nice summary. It must take balls, and patience, to communicate with us.
Much appreciated.
Otto K.

[ek2000]

That too... but SW1200RS seems more likely 

I think so too. SW1200RS and either LRC or FPA-2.

[ek2000]

or the F40PH.

[basementcalling]

That probably sums up about 50% of all of our customer communications....

 

if you can get 50% market share in N scale that would be a good thing.

[OldEastRR]

The 8600 was by definition already a smoker.  They were built with the smoker compartment.

Sorry ... I meant parlor/chair cars. And those are much easier conversions to other single vestibule NH streamlines than the 8600 doubles. I would say that ability could provide more sales for people who want to convert them to the other type cars, once they've bought the 8600s they need.  I know they say "use the coaches" but not everybody has the machinery and skill to do extensive car re-working.

[ek2000]

How about a Shay? Rapido's fine craftsmanship can do justice to those intricate gear assemblies. Add ESU Loksound for good measure and you have the definitive SHAY. YAY !

It is kind of an oddball in the steam world and could mark Rapido's grand entry to steam locomotives in N scale.

(chorus sounds in the background rising steadily, drum beats reverberating on the ground.. SHAY! SHAY! SHAY! SHAY! )

Look at this beauty here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=shay+locomotive&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=ZNeTr9IaAuMmgM%253A%252CgzN33Z8EvfzXFM%252C_&usg=__x0_lvi5HJQ0oiZLJX3BO_VJWimU%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZtvbVt6DXAhWD1RQKHbPwAS0Q9QEISjAE#imgrc=7dmDbG1eX1xdtM:


P.S: I'd settle for a Heisler too !

[sirenwerks]

How about a Shay? Rapido's fine craftsmanship can do justice to those intricate gear assemblies. Add ESU Loksound for good measure and you have the definitive SHAY. YAY !

It is kind of an oddball in the steam world and could mark Rapido's grand entry to steam locomotives in N scale.

(chorus sounds in the background rising steadily, drum beats reverberating on the ground.. SHAY! SHAY! SHAY! SHAY! )

Look at this beauty here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=shay+locomotive&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=ZNeTr9IaAuMmgM%253A%252CgzN33Z8EvfzXFM%252C_&usg=__x0_lvi5HJQ0oiZLJX3BO_VJWimU%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZtvbVt6DXAhWD1RQKHbPwAS0Q9QEISjAE#imgrc=7dmDbG1eX1xdtM:


P.S: I'd settle for a Heisler too !

This one !

[ek2000]

This one !

Ain't that a beauty. I wonder why the Heisler or the Shay is not much in fashion. Atlas produced a non dcc Shay, but unsure if anyone else did.

[OldEastRR]

Hopefully the 8600s are now finalized for production? The latest deadline was 11/1. I still hold out hope there's enough sales of that car to justify a parlor car, as the window & vestibules arrangement on it was different than the coaches. And if somebody got coaches, wouldn't they want parlor cars too? And for kitbashing?

[brokemoto]

FPA-2.

They did these in HO, even in B&O with the original paint scheme and numbers.

There is a good reason that Rapido has not yet issued them in N scale.

A while back, I bought an old LL plastic frame B&O FA-2 for a good price.  In addition, I bought an A-B set of LL metal frame FA-2s for the power chassis upgrade.  I got as far as erasing the old road number on the A unit.  At that point, a more pressing project demanded my attention.

Rapido is waiting for me to decal on the new road number.  Once I have done that, it will be waiting for me either to fashion the steam generator stacks myself, or take them off two ruined Kato PA shells that I have.  After that, it will wait, of course, for me affix the stacks to the A and B-units (remember that the stacks go onto the A end of the B-unit on these), clean up my work then make the minor adjustments to the plastic frame shell so that the metal frame power chassis will accept it.  Once I have done that, Rapido will issue the FPA-2 in N scale with one of the road number choices being the number that I have assigned to my  unit(s).

[thomasjmdavis]

They did these in HO, even in B&O with the original paint scheme and numbers.

There is a good reason that Rapido has not yet issued them in N scale.

A while back, I bought an old LL plastic frame B&O FA-2 for a good price.  In addition, I bought an A-B set of LL metal frame FA-2s for the power chassis upgrade.  I got as far as erasing the old road number on the A unit.  At that point, a more pressing project demanded my attention.

Rapido is waiting for me to decal on the new road number.  Once I have done that, it will be waiting for me either to fashion the steam generator stacks myself, or take them off two ruined Kato PA shells that I have.  After that, it will wait, of course, for me affix the stacks to the A and B-units (remember that the stacks go onto the A end of the B-unit on these), clean up my work then make the minor adjustments to the plastic frame shell so that the metal frame power chassis will accept it.  Once I have done that, Rapido will issue the FPA-2 in N scale with one of the road number choices being the number that I have assigned to my  unit(s).

Can we assume, then, that you have already replaced the truck mounted pilots with fixed pilots and have the MU and other cables and connections in place?  This is Rapido we are talking about, after all.  They are picky.  I am trying to locate underbody drawings for some CN passenger cars I would like them to produce, because building and decaling are not enough- it is clear they won't produce them until I get the "poop chutes" (to use Rapido nomenclature) properly located....