3rd Rail F3 (RUN2) and Krauss Maffei, Reservations Closing

If anyone is purchasing 2R SOU Black F3A's and would prefer their units with QSI Q3 instead of Loksound, let me know and maybe we can work something out. Other than maybe 20 minutes runtime, they are factory stock.

Email in profile.

Scott, are there any photos available for the GP7&9’s?

Thanks Scott

I received your email today regarding confirmation of my order for run 2 of F3s. I'm delighted that this is going to happen. This will be my first 3rd Rail product.

Could someone please post photos of the F3's that were produced in the first run?  I presume that the second run versions will be the exact same thing, so it would be great to see what we might be purchasing.

Run 1 F3 photos...
https://bigjohnsbigtrainsale.com/emd-f3s

@BigJohn&theWork posted:

Run 1 F3 photos...
https://bigjohnsbigtrainsale.com/emd-f3s

Thank you Big John.  I see just photos of a Northern Pacific F3 on the website (but very nice photos!). Does anyone have photos of the Great Northern F3 that they could post or link?

@Jtrain posted:

Thank you Big John.  I see just photos of a Northern Pacific F3 on the website (but very nice photos!). Does anyone have photos of the Great Northern F3 that they could post or link?

If you click around, you will find pictures of the GN F7’s from a few years ago which will give you an idea of what the paint scheme looks like on an F unit. I do not have any photos of the GN F3’s.

Inspection Picture of F3 GN first run.

A note on QSI vs. ESU 2R decoder Installations:

We have made swapping these systems as easy as "Plug and Play". Barring the programming for each engine type, all ESU installations will use the same plugs for track power/ motor / lighting and speakers as the QSI system. Not sure about the QSI "RESET" switch.

We will be selling the ESU systems with this Sunset Models "Plug and Play" main board in the coming months.

We are out of QSI boards and there are no more to be produced as QSI doesn't have their system chip for sale any longer. So if your QSI system stops working you can easily replace it with an ESU system purchased from us. This took a good amount of planning and design work from both ESU and Robert Lopez.  THANK YOU ROBERT.

The message this gives should be that if you buy a model from Sunset Models, you don't have to worry about electronics being available in the future in case you need it.

Regards,

Scott Mann

Im waiting for reruns of the EMD FP7 and SD7's.

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Im waiting for reruns of the EMD FP7 and SD7's.

Well,,,,,,,,,,,keep waiting.

@sdmann posted:

Inspection Picture of F3 GN first run.

Very nice!  Maybe it would be a good idea to put actual photos of the models on the 3rd Rail website for second runs like this.  They always look better than the drawings!

Any pictures of ACL or Chicago Northwestern?

Nothing drives future sales better than pictures of a current offering.

and a 👍👍👍 testimony

When will you let us know which F3's received enough orders to proceed with production?

If some did not make the cut, can you advise how many more would need to be ordered to meet the minimum?

After seeing photos of the Southern green F3's from the first run, I really want a set.

Thanks,

Don

^^^ I could also be persuaded into a NYC, Southern (Green or Black) or Chicago NW set easily. Especially if other's orders are on the fringe of getting produced.

@BigJohn&theWork posted:

Run 1 F3 photos...
https://bigjohnsbigtrainsale.com/emd-f3s

Those 3rd Rail Northern Pacific F3's from the first run shown in the photos on Big John's website are really nice!

@DGJONES posted:

When will you let us know which F3's received enough orders to proceed with production?

If some did not make the cut, can you advise how many more would need to be ordered to meet the minimum?

After seeing photos of the Southern green F3's from the first run, I really want a set.

Thanks,

Don

Well those with orders in that are going to fly have received a notice from Scott with roads listed and $ shown to be due. My NDM reservation is “a go”. In past, I’ve had a notice when an item was not going to fly. How about anyone receiving a “go” or “canceled” notice let us know. Just trying to stir the pot and get some reactions ......

@TrainBub posted:

Well those with orders in that are going to fly have received a notice from Scott with roads listed and $ shown to be due. My NDM reservation is “a go”. In past, I’ve had a notice when an item was not going to fly. How about anyone receiving a “go” or “canceled” notice let us know. Just trying to stir the pot and get some reactions ......

Does that apply to second runs?  I thought everything from the first run was a "go" since all the prep work is done already.