Received my letter from Scott Mann saying the View liners are booked for a container June 27th, with delivery in August.
I'm going to have to stop watching those youtube videos of container ships having problems.
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After all these years it is finally happening. It's been six years since the initial announcement for Amfleet cars. Just goes to show that there is always hope. Scale Amfleets have been something I've been waiting for in O for many years having more than my share in the more diminutive scales. A set of Viewliners to go with that is just icing on the cake for me.
@GG1 4877 posted:After all these years it is finally happening. It's been six years since the initial announcement for Amfleet cars. Just goes to show that there is always hope. Scale Amfleets have been something I've been waiting for in O for many years having more than my share in the more diminutive scales. A set of Viewliners to go with that is just icing on the cake for me.
It Always Wonderful when that elusive model is Finally made !!!
Cheers !!!!
Lets hope SDMann announces scale Superliner 1 cars and Amfleet II's right after delivery! I need a long lead time to save for these GGD beauties!
Got an email today from Scott mentioning that the E60’s are canceled.
@Traindiesel posted:Got an email today from Scott mentioning that the E60’s are canceled.
Once it lost the Sunset Model homepage status, I was hoping it would be one of those 2-3 yrs production. Not cancelled. Well! F40PH?
I'm a bit confused; didn't get an e-mail saying the E-60's are cancelled, and nothing was changed on the website.
After looking on GGD’s website, I can’t find anything about E60’s. Can someone provide a link?
@carnerd3000 posted:I'm a bit confused; didn't get an e-mail saying the E-60's are cancelled, and nothing was changed on the website.
Yep kinda mixed messages. Website sometimes slower to be updated. The email Did Say only 60 reservations. That surprised me …. but you never can predict. Perhaps a F40PH (or some similar version) or a P42 can take its place ????????
60? And I thought the reservation was put up not even a year ago. IDK, 60 sounds like it's on its way up to fulfillment. Thought it would have to be lower than that to get cancelled.
If only 60, that’s a very low number.
@prrhorseshoecurve posted:Lets hope SDMann announces scale Superliner 1 cars and Amfleet II's right after delivery! I need a long lead time to save for these GGD beauties!
I would love to see the Superliners, Amfleet IIS, F40PH and P42s! Would also like to see the Superliner accompany the El Capitan as well. (Wishing thinking!)
@vash44 posted:I would love to see the Superliners, Amfleet IIS, F40PH and P42s! Would also like to see the Superliner accompany the El Capitan as well. (Wishing thinking!)
I don’t do any Amtrak but I do love the P42. Had Scott done or soon doing the P42 I’d be in for one and then have to be buying some cars too - opening another black hole for my $$$$ 😮😳😬😜
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@TrainBub posted:I don’t do any Amtrak but I do love the P42. Had Scott done or soon doing the P42 I’d be in for one and then have to be buying some cars too - opening another black hole for my $$$$ 😮😳😬😜
I'll be honest. I don't have Amtrak yet.... BUT I did go ahead for some Amfleet and Viewliners. I think it will be a slippery slope!
@tom21pa posted:
Ok, lets now move to either the P30CH and/or the SDP40F!
@prrhorseshoecurve posted:Ok, lets now move to either the P30CH and/or the SDP40F!
Hopefully they will get enough reservations. I imagine the SDP40F and the FP-45's potentially getting enough, but honestly I don't know about the P30CH. I really hope I am wrong about the latter.
Also, what is the usual quota that needs to be met for a locomotive to be produced?
@carnerd3000 posted:Also, what is the usual quota that needs to be met for a locomotive to be produced?
The answer is, "it varies". To sell the E60 at the price point Scott had it at, it would have taken about 350 units. As unit count goes down price obviously goes up. At 60 units the E60 almost could have been run in brass, but I'd hate to try and even guess the price point with the current market in general. Brass runs usually are successful between 75 and 100 units. Ideally a plastic run diesel would want to be in the 500 unit range.
