Models I Would Like To See

[TrainFreak409]

Okay, the question "Models You Would Like To See" has been asked over and over and over. Well, take a gander at these locomotives that I would like to see produced in either N or HO.



<ABOVE> The Belgian Franco-Crosti, number 2096, with a wheel arrangement of 0-6-2 + 2-4-2-4-2 + 2-6-0.



<ABOVE> Same locomotive, different angle.

AND



<ABOVE> The German Franco-Crosti 0-6-2 + 2-6-2.

I would love to see models of these locomotives, they are just what I like, oddities. These would be right at home on the railroad of my dreams!

I took these photos off of this website:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/francocrosti/francocrosti.htm#b
These are actual locomotives, no fakes here. There is an even cooler one on the site, that was proposed, but never built. It was a Franco-Crosti 2-4-4-2 + 2-8-8-2 + 2-4-4-2 Hexaplex! What a locomotive that would have been!

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[mustanggt]

A high quality, ready to run HO PCC car
An HO F59PH
An HO F40PH ( Oh, we have that coming)
and a high quality, N scale F40PH.

[AggroJones]

This massive M-3/4 Yellowstone.


This AC-12 Cab-forward.

This mighty Santa Fe type.

All HO.

[Virginian]

I'd just like to see my BLI 'J'. :-) And a P2K VGN 2-10-10-2. An exquisite Jawn Henry for under $200. And a 4-8-0 would be nice as well.

[Eriediamond]

Any thing ERIE. There are locomotives and rolling stock produced in ERIE markings but I have yet to find a caboose for that railroad. You manufacturers that produce ERIE locos, could we have an ERIE caboose also, even a generic caboose with ERIE markings would tickle me!!!! HO scale please!

[Anonymous]

How about 'modular' body shells of every major type/mfgr of steam locos ever produced, similar to what Highliners once did with their 'F' unit shells. Perhaps a steam loco counterpart to Rail Power Products and Cannon&Co.'s diesel parts? Of course, somebody would also need to manufacture the various chassis to fit these onto...

[Anonymous]

Hey, how about a Virginian 2-10-10-2?

[tpatrick]

Eriediamond, my LHS just received an exquisite HO model of an Erie bay window caboose. I think it is by Athearn, but don't hold me to that. It's new. Check it out!

[Anonymous]

A CB&Q O-4 Northern;
and a undecorated version of Kato's AC4400CW, BNSF version.

[TrainFreak409]

Well, I never actually meant for this thread to become that question again, it was my ultimate answer to the age old question. Nobody ever wants to see monstrosities like Franco-Crostis or anything like that, except a few minor individuals (ME![:D]). But, if everyone wants to, go ahead a post what you all want to see. It changes almost every time, with differing ideas, differing interests, actual models being produced, and so on.

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[Eriediamond]

Thanks tpatrick, I'll check it out for sure. I have found cabooses for the Erie-Lackawanna, after they merged but none for Erie before that merger. Ken

[bikerraypa]

an NX-23 caboose. Makin' my own is a nightmare. Pic of my prototype is on this page, 12th picture down...
http://www.westernallegheny.com/warr/main.html

[Anonymous]

Alco HH660's, Alco centercab C-415, Good running Baldwin sharks, including the PRR super shark. And how about proper lighting including Mars lights, and not the cheepo LifeLike circuit they use in thier cab units, I mean like the Richmond Controls circuits where the intensity of the bulb is controled and not cheap twin filiment bulb circuit. you will swear the R.C. circuit is actualy a Mars light.

[cspmo]

[Anonymous]

I like juxtaposition. Give me a good plastic SP AC-9 (2-8-8-4, oil tender please) and a 4 wheel bobber caboose that doesn't need surgery to look good.

I'd also love to see a good price on a large (>24) multipack of 26' ore cars. Same goes for reefers. I'm a sucker for long unit trains of ore or PFE cars.

That Walthers Modern Turntable (the big one..not the 90' nightmare) would be great, if it ever moves beyond the one they show off to the dealers.

-dave

[twhite]

Rio Grande L-131 2-8-8-2
Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4
Rio Grande F-81 2-10-2
Espee AC-6 4-8-8-2
Espee AC-9 2-8-8-4
NP Z-8 4-6-6-4
oh yah, and that big Missabe 2-8-8-4 thingy that Aggro mentioned.
All in plastic, thank you, with authentic sound, thank you VERY much!

[CBQ_Guy]

I'd like to see a couple U-Boat models the CB&Q had. I'm sure they'll show up in the next few years. Heck, when I got back into this hobby over a dozen years ago, and decided to model the 'Q, you couldn't even buy a Burlington switcher or E-Unit. Now I've got something like five or six switchers (different models) and several E7's and 8/9's. Would like to see a Burlington E5 A & B unit though...in plastic.

[cbq9911a]

I'd like to see modern commercial door and window castings, including styles like horizontally sliding doors and revolving doors. It's really hard to build these doors from styrene strip.

Another thing I'd like to see would be models of Toyota and Honda cars and SUVs.

I'd like to see freestanding signs for familiar companies like Walgreen Drug and Ace Hardware.

I'd like to see building kits for churches that aren't Roman Catholic (there are some subtle differences between Roman Catholic church design and Protestant church design); also a synagogue and a mosque.

As far as equipment goes, I'd like somebody to make everything the North Shore Line ever ran - in HO plastic.

[RDG1519]

What about sound equipped HO SW 1500's Reading Company and other livery.

HO 40 ft RBl from Branchline or ATLAS with seperate ladders and grabs.

Sound decoders for Life Like, Stewart, and Atlas switchers.

[Anonymous]

PC H51Covered Hoppers
PS 4785 Covered Hoppers
Evans 4785 Covered Hoppers (PS I know they can be made from the MDC FMC CH with a little modification, but undecs are hard to get now.)

Rick

[dharmon]

GP40-2L
SD40-2F "Red Barn"
SDP40F and SDF40-2
GP40X (RPP made a shell)

[Anonymous]

GTW U3b 4-8-4
Good SP GS-4
UP 2-8-8-0 Bull Moose (the simple articulated rebuild)
SP AC-9 2-8-8-4
SP MT-4 4-8-2
SP AC-11 4-8-8-2
CP Royal 4-6-4
CP Selkirk 2-10-4
CP Jubilee 4-4-4
UP GP9Bs and SD24Bs
UP 3 unit gas turbine

[DavidBriel]

I would like for HO Modelers to See:

HO Atlantic Coast Line (CSX fallen flag) Gondolas and Woodchip Hoppers

HO Lehigh & Hudson River (Conrail now Norfolk Southern fallen flag)Steam & Diesel Locomotives, Freight Cars, Cabooses and Decals.

HO Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (CSX fallen flag) Hoppers, Gondolas, Cabooses and Decals.

HO Southern (NS fallen flag) Auxiliary Water Tender for use behind existing HO Southern Steam Locomotives such as the Bachmann 2-8-0 722 and the Broadway Limited 2-8-2 4501.

HO Spokane, Portland & Seattle (BNSF fallen flag) flatcar like the now OOP Micro-trains N scale SP&S 50' straight side flat car.

HO Western Railway of Alabama (CSX fallen flag( Steam & Diesel Locomotives, Flatcars, Gondolas, Hoppers Cabooses and Decals.

[rrinker]

I'll keep posting it til someone makes one....... [:D]

READING T-1!


[8D]

[RDG1519]

Reading, Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern fans; Let's not forget the SW 1001, (with Sound). I do not want to kit ba***o get these.

[rrinker]

QUOTE: Originally posted by RDG1519

Reading, Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern fans; Let's not forget the SW 1001, (with Sound). I do not want to kit ba***o get these.

Pop the cab off an SW1000 and sand it down a little? [:D]

[Ibflattop]

Hows about more Fallen Flags instead of Santa Fe and Union Pacific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [:)] Kevin