645 posted:If 3rd Rail's goal is to do all the E-units .....
Ah, but if only that were true!.....
Unfortunately I've not been given any hope for the E-1's (ATSF) and EA's (B&O/Alton), the iconic forerunners of the E-family, due to their singular road-specific heritage and very limited prototype numbers, coupled with (as I understand it) a minimal, aging demand for these roads/engines.
The E-6 and E-1/EA bodies were, sorry to say, different enough to separate new tooling for an accurate model, I should think. Nose contours, windows, roof features, etc., etc., blah, blah......it would, probably, be hard to recoup the investment.
And, I doubt there are enough fanciers of fantasy paint schemes on an E-1/EA body to help that matter.
OTOH!......, it is well-known that EMC (EMD) designers (e.g., Leland Knickerbocker...father of the infamous Warbonnet) executed/submitted more than a single paint scheme for new customers of E-family engines. Wouldn't it be fun to dig through various historical archives to find these renderings and have Scott do several 'What-If' models....with the archival and advertising help/encouragement of willing historical/modeling groups? Well, I think so anyway.
(sigh)......so close.
And, yet.......
KD