rex desilets posted:Bob Bubeck posted:Sunset/3rd Rail in the past made truly lovely Electroliners and Budd RDC's in brass. I own examples of both. Along the same lines, but yet, being something a little different, I'd finally like to see and purchase Brill Bullets done in O scale.
You can buy the shell in O from Shapeways. Then, with considerable effort and cost (I figure north of $400) you can motorize it with Q Car components, paint it, and begin a fruitless search for O scale decals. The good news is you won't have to deal with that pesky overhead.
Ask me how I know. I bought a shell back when it was resin cast. Still in my infinite queue.
P.S: I'd go for an Electroliner in Red Arrow livery. 3RD Rail made them and they are more scarce than hens' teeth
I believe that less than 50 sets of the Red Arrow Electroliner Valley Forge were built by 3RD Rail. Hence, they are very tough to find. M.T.H. did ones in plastic, but with too many visually fatal deviations from the Red Arrow configuration. Rode the real 'Boozer Cruisers' more times than I care to admit and absolutely love my 3RD Rail set of them.
Still would love to see Brill Bullets done right. They could be decorated for three eras ownership of the Norristown High Speed line and there is one sitting in the Orange Empire RR Museum (from Utah), so there is a Western US tie in, too.
Bob
