nw2124 posted:Matt: Thanks for the photos and I am very glad you are getting a fine piece or ART. SD45 production delivery is looking to be around January 2018. Erik is machining the drive and the final assembly most likely be done overseas. The first photo of the pilot samples is the Santa Fe. The motors for each of the fans are slightly larger the an pencil eraser. The photos of the truck do not have the brake cylinders in installed yet. The model as anticipated has gone further than any model to date with never before fully modeled trucks, 3D modeled screens, actual modeled traction motors, working fan speeds that will coincide the speed notch of the locomotive, working louvers on the tunnel motor versions, step lights, and even a high end drive that runs and concealed in the model, etc. A "FIRST CLASS" diesel with all the right stuff! KUDOS TO ERIK on a job well done so far!!!!!!! Well worth the wait to have a model as good as this.
Stephen
Brass IS Class!
Final assembly back at the factory seems the most practical approach to this project all things considered. JMO
