Premiere Amfleet cars

The original sets of metallic finished ones are 20-65142 and 65143. They then ran them will the dull finish, and hosed everyone who ordered them by offering them with the metallic finish again in the next catalog. You want the ones cataloged in 2018 volume 1.

Thank you!

John

John, here is a pic of my 20-6556 Set.

Here they are with my SupperLiners.

Not sure how these compare?

Ron

^^^ Neither of those are the metallic finish. 

The ones he's asking about have a plated, almost chrome-like finish on them. Its not silver paint.

That is right...almost look plated

John

OH The "Chrome" finish.  Did not recall that tis finish was used on any of the Amfleet cars.

Several years ago when Mike was here someone in the group brought up this finish.  Mike stated that it turned out to be a real bear.  That even the very smallest blemish on a plastic shell would telegraph through the finish and be magnified.  He said the reject rate was extreme. 

So I guess MTH backed off any broad use of the finish.

Ron

I have several MTH AMTRAK AEM-7 locomotives in the painted finish and also bought one that was plated. I think the painted finish looks much closer to the real thing. To me, the plated finish was much too shiny and toy-like. Same goes for the Amfleet passenger cars.

MELGAR 

PRRronbh posted:

OH The "Chrome" finish.  Did not recall that tis finish was used on any of the Amfleet cars.

Several years ago when Mike was here someone in the group brought up this finish.  Mike stated that it turned out to be a real bear.  That even the very smallest blemish on a plastic shell would telegraph through the finish and be magnified.  He said the reject rate was extreme. 

So I guess MTH backed off any broad use of the finish.

Ron

I acquired the 65142 and 65143 sets some time ago.  They are the original plating and came with passengers in them.  I think they look delightful, though I do wish they were full size.

MELGAR posted:

I have several MTH AMTRAK AEM-7 locomotives in the painted finish and also bought one that was plated. I think the painted finish looks much closer to the real thing. To me, the plated finish was much too shiny and toy-like. Same goes for the Amfleet passenger cars.

MELGAR 

Good evening MELGAR:

I completely agree with you on the AEM7s.  They never were that shiny, even brand new.  The Amfleets however I thought looked quite nice with the plating, and IMHO the Amfleet in the image below looks very similar to the MTH plating. 

The first runs of the cars had the dull finish and couplers that were not the best.  A few years back, MTH put out plated cars the same time as the plated AEM-7.  The Flying Yankee was also plated.  The plated cars are not bad as I see many of the real cars each day.  

I live a few blocks from the Boston to New York main line.  My railroad also has a large number of the plated cars.  I have two more  sets that I have not opened yet.  THey will be pulling into South Station shortly.

BTW, this is real plating on the cars.  You can confirm that by hitting the car body with your continuity meter.  The real deal.