Did not read the whole threat when I wrote that, sorry.
Hate to say it, but the Latest Rapido announcement that I saw recently caught my interest - the PC&F B-100-4 boxcar (number of ads on modeling sites, including MR of course. They seem to match well with their protoype images on the railgoat spcars site. While not particularly numerous it seems, they would be one of the few Rapido items I could use for my "Not Too Distant Past" modules.