The RS11 was new tooling, and while AM is poorly represented in any form of social media, and does not communicate information any better than MTH, they have said that there are new products in the works. I had a conversation in 2016 at the S Fest with them and they indicated as much. For that matter, so have the folks at S Scale America. And as we all know, AM does not really let the cat outta the bag until the cat is made, and available for purchase.
Bill could be right, but he could be wrong too....
The flyer AM sent in December about the Seaboard sets also indicated they are working on some new products, but got delayed because of their move.
Ben
Roundhouse Bill posted:I saw that post on Facebook, but there nothing to indicate it was new tooling for a new product. Ron has all the tooling for his line as it was returned from China some time ago so he has tons of tooling to photo. Guys here are so pleased with American Models stuff I think that they look for any indication of new items.
And exactly what's wrong with that? While waiting 4 years for MTH to deliver the F3's, AM came out with the Budd dome and RS11's. While the domes are built on existing Budd frames, the body was new. The RS11's were entirely new. Also freight cars lettered for T&P. AM also delivered GP9's new roadnames: B&O and T&P along with GG1's in Conrail, Amtrak and Penn Central.
One thing about AM, when they announce a new product, it's either ready to ship or will be available in weeks, not years.
Rusty
Not a bad way of doing things.
Note to MTH: One more missed date on the shipping of the 2016 S Fest cars, January 2018!
Ray
