Sunset 3rd Rail looking to rerun GP 7/9s

Did he mention if they’d be doing any additional paint schemes besides N&W? I’ve got one of their GP9’s in B&O paint and would love a WM GP7.

@ryanexpresstrains posted:

Did he mention if they’d be doing any additional paint schemes besides N&W? I’ve got one of their GP9’s in B&O paint and would love a WM GP7.

They're rerunning all the previous. 3rd Rail has always said if they get enough inquiries they'll do another scheme.

I'd be in for 2-3 WM myself. Maybe @sdmann would be interested to see some Western Maryland buyers in this thread.

I would buy 2 myself if they were in the fireball paint scheme, and I know of at least one more WM modeler who would buy 2-3.

I've been in for a freight black since just after the first run.  Will consider adding a red bird just because they're cool.

I am in for 2 of the CNJ's (any roadnumber but only with yellow stripes). Where do I reserve them!

Ted Nicholas photo, my collection

Walter

I’d love to see a Green Mountain GP9. 1850 & 1849 would be terrific. These have yet to be done in o scale. 804 would be best but that probably requires new tooling for the front end.

A long shot but a GP7 in Aberdeen & Rockfish #205 would be awesome! A 45 mile short line running from Aberdeen NC to Fayetteville NC.

Along with my very biased $0.02, I would ask there be some more GP-7/GP-9 CB&Q offerings in Chinese Red.

Example:

CBQ 251, EB Way Freight, Working Pepperidge Farm Bakery (rrpicturearchives.net)

The current Sunset CB&Q offering is the GP-7 in the "Blackbird" scheme.  I still intend to purchase it along with the CB&Q SD-9, and as a way to remember the time I lived in the Pacific Northwest, the Spokane Portland & Seattle GP-9.   

Photo Credit to Marty Bernard

I’d do delivery era Rock Island Wings and Chinese Red CB&Q.

I`m in for a couple plain old yellow UP Road of the Streamliners GPs.

The ONLY way to get these additional schemes is to RESERVE.    Us telling each other we want them on this forum does not give Scott an indication we want to buy .    It looks like at least 10 WM units are desired.    It looks like a few more would be enough to get the scheme done.

I did ask about some detail changes, and Scott said that does not work to make a small rerun cost effective for him.    I assume paint scheme changes would work.

@Walter Matuch posted:

I am in for 2 of the CNJ's (any roadnumber but only with yellow stripes). Where do I reserve them!

Walter

Walter,

There will be four road numbers for CNJ.  I got all four in the first run.  Here are some photos of one of my two rail ones.  A few details had to be compromised due to it being a mass-produced run such as the CNJ specific marker lamps and lack of a plate for the road number on the cab sill.  Overall, this is a pretty faithful model of the prototype though.

3rd Rail GP7/9 order page

Love those fixed pilots! Heres the 3 rail NH.

One of the QC items to be corrected will be road numbers as well as painting errors on the first run.

Yes, this PRR one has the wrong number as PRR only had 3 in this configuration and Sunset did 4 numbers.  However, I'm happy with the model overall as it ran on the NY&LB and on the PRSL in passenger service.  These photos were shot with my DSLR and show the detail a little better than the cell phone images of one of my CNJ ones.

Side view showing cab detail:

Classic 3/4 views:

Link to the prototype

@prrjim posted:

The ONLY way to get these additional schemes is to RESERVE.    Us telling each other we want them on this forum does not give Scott an indication we want to buy .    It looks like at least 10 WM units are desired.    It looks like a few more would be enough to get the scheme done.

I did ask about some detail changes, and Scott said that does not work to make a small rerun cost effective for him.    I assume paint scheme changes would work.

Tagged Scott in this thread so he would see the interest in the scheme exists. Can't place a reservation on a scheme that isn't listed on the 3rd Rail site, and in the past when I've individually emailed about schemes it doesn't seem to get too far because you're only one voice. Here, we see there's maybe 10 units under discussion already.

@GG1 4877 I assume the handrail issue is being corrected as well?

Totally unrelated to the Sunset model, but I photographed this GMD CN GP7 on display in Toronto this May.  Check out those really interesting trucks.

@Andrew B. posted:

@GG1 4877 I assume the handrail issue is being corrected as well?

Yes.

Interestingly enough, my PRR unit doesn't have a missing handrail which tells me that not all of these units are incorrect.  I didn't post a photo of the opposite side where some are missing the handrail.

Jonathan, that CN Geep has what appears to be Flexicoil trucks. Designed for less than perfect uneven trackwork.