George diSanti posted:What makes Lee Marsh stand out with his Southern Pacific Daylight project is that he invested his own money. And the pilot model was produced within a year. The model is very well executed as one can see on Lee Marsh's website. At least if putting a deposit down with him, you know that the model has progressed with a delivery date soon to follow. This is not just another Southern Pacific Daylight. Erik of Midwestern Model Works also had a premier model of the SD40-2 with detail never done before. Even the battery is in the battery box. Erik fired his old builder because of delays and started his own company in Korea. He now has some of the top builders working for him and I understand that the SD45 coming will be better than originally planned. His goal is to keep a time schedule so that models will not be delayed months or years on end. Another dealer that was at the show announced that he would have the locomotive at the show. He told others that it was to arrive Friday or Saturday which is why he did not have the locomotive. It is interesting that the tender was shipped without the locomotive. You would think that they would be shipped together. The tender was very well done.
George diSanti
North Carolina where the Tarheels rule!
For years I've carped against manufacturers who offer rare or uncommon versions instead of the locomotives and cars that move the freight.
Wouldn't you know that Erik offers the most accurate and beautiful SDs ever created for the roads that ran them.
Thankfully for this steam era modeler's wallet he didn't offer the SD45 demo with the L shaped cab window nor the Reading dual control which were the two shelf queens I wanted. 
