@Brad Kowal posted:My preference is for everybody to get what they want and for those disinterested in a particular project to not be mad that somebody else might get something they want. Nobody will be any worse off in their lives simply because a proposed project.
The 1960's and prior thinking fails to recognize that Weaver had successful runs with their SD40-2 and GP38-2, despite their shortcomings. Atlas has done well with modern horsepower: SW1200, MP15DC, GP15-1, SD40, GP60, Dash 8-40BW, Dash 8-32BWH, Dash 8-40CW. This stuff does sell. Sunset has yet to produce a model in this category, so it is understandable that the market doesn't YET look to Sunset. That will change over time as Sunset starts to produce products that interest the younger segment of the hobby. For the most part people pay attention to what interests them. So some might be surprised that the aforementioned Milwaukee Atlantic and F7 Hudson have been done twice in scale: Weaver and Overland. As far "Western Stuff" Santa Fe and Union Pacific have always had strong sales. So there:-)
Regardless of this, that or the other thing; our opinions mean nothing. It's all about the reservations.
I'm interested in all eras really. I don't know how many people fall into this camp, but I'm a fan of projects that have either never been done - or things with wide use that have never been done all that accurately - or we haven't seen in a very long time.
With over 4000 produced, and a model that started out almost 50 years ago now, I'm surprised the SD40-2s aren't more popular. I'm not into electric engines all that much, but any of the older Amtrak mainline diesels I'll probably reserve, though I'd prefer something that was in phase II or III to go with my Amfleet set. I would settle for Phase IV, but I'm not a fan of the Phase I paint. That said the from what I know (which is very little) the FP45 never wore any Amtrak paint scheme.
