I received a couple of emails and a phone call from Rapido regarding the two I preordered (Leigh Valley). I robbed the local bank and sent them the money. Waiting for them or the cops to arrive. Hopefully it's the loco's before the popo's so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor for a little while.
I forgot that I'd ordered a pair of Nickel Plate "Bluebirds". Just got a reminder to send bags of cash to Overland Hobbies in order to free mine from captivity.
I'll post photos in a few days...
They'll be replacing my venerable Life-Like models.
Nickel Plate Depart-Arrive by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
I assure you they are out now. English's Model RR Supply has a bunch of them, and I looked at a couple today, but they did not happen to have the one roadname that I am interested in.
John
Texas Zephyr Hmmm, I ordered a set but haven't heard a peep that they were out yet.
Hmmm, I ordered a set but haven't heard a peep that they were out yet.
Same here!
Rick Jesionowski
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PRR8259 Have to ask the questions: New Rapido PA-1 owners, are you happy with your new acquisitions? Do they meet your expectations? How well do they run for you?
Have to ask the questions: New Rapido PA-1 owners, are you happy with your new acquisitions? Do they meet your expectations? How well do they run for you?
About as happy as a man who just sold a kidney to pay for a PA-PA set can be...
Charles
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Looking at opinions for different things, I find that there are usually a certain percentage of buyers who are happy with the product. And also there may usually be a sometimes very small percentage of buyers who think the item is a piece of crap.
And for whatever reason this small percentage of individuals seem to be the most vociferous.
PRR8259How? They were not actually out then.
I don't think we actually had a thread about the PA models after they were in customer's hands.
I am also interested in how the model is. I really wanted a pair of them, but it was not to be. Thus, for me, this thread is about what I missed.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
How? They were not actually out then.
Now they are, and will be physically in people's hands within a day or so.
That other thread was more about the "sample" models and photos of same.
I'm trying to discern whether or not I want to try just one unit, based upon people's comments here. As I do not have any ordered right now, but am moving my whole roster back to the first generation era (bought bunch of RS-3's), hearing ahem reading people's comments would be useful to me.
We had a thread on these a few weeks ago.