@prrhorseshoecurve posted:No one has offered a true SDP40F, only Williams and MTH Scaleking [squat fuel tank doesn't do these units justice] offered a similar looking FP45.
Here is one of the two numbers offered by MTH of the FP45 in SDP40F phase I paint. I purchased both numbers and these are Proto-3 locomotives. There are a lot of issues with this locomotive as mentioned. The fuel tank is really high. The MTH model does not even accurately represent a FP45 with the front pilot being completely off. However, the tooling dates to the early days of MTH and came back in the Railking Scale line. I can't complain. I have seven of these in ATSF paint for my GGD El Capitan.
FP45s are also very different on the carbody over the SDP40F. When you look at photos the differences are a lot clearer. I am hoping that Scott will eventually offer scale SDP40Fs as they will work wonderfully with my Southwest Limited set.
Williams also produced an FP45 that has pronounced horizontal compression. I have a pair of these that I will be letting go of soon. The first photo is scanned from a print of "analog" media circa 2003 while the second image is from the 2009 TCA national convention. As you can see my first set of "scale-ish" Amtrak passenger cars were the Williams 20" aluminum cars. A subject for a separate topic, but I am reworking some of these cars with scale trucks and actual interiors to upgrade my fleet. Hopefully progress someday! The doors on the baggage car will need to be cut lower to be a little more believable.
