Micro-Trains Finally the SD40-2 has arrived

[shamoo737]

Goobnav, it doesnt do any good just taking the pictures. Post them here so can all share it.

[TechRepJapan]

Originally Posted by shamoo737

Alex, if you are willing to pay just a little more, you can get one of this.

John... NICE!
Actually... I'm not a CSX fan.
Plus... Gerd already has all my money for current and future projects.

Alex

[Glenn Woodle]

Originally Posted by yoshi98bc

What's the best black paint to match the microtrains black already in the model

It appears any kind of flat rusty dirty black will do. Use the same color for the fuel tank. Get a picture of some real units in operation and use that as a reference. Plows & fuel tanks get dirty & rusty easily.
There may even be some bare metal on the plow edge.

I'm thankful the model is finally on the market. About the time I get around to repainting, Joe will make one for Milw, Rock Island,etc. I hope a pair will easily pull a 50 state car set!

[Joe D'Amato]

Thanks Rob (A). I don't know what labor feels like, but this whole process with the chassis must be close to it!

Painting the lower decks adds 4-6 new complicated masks and the cost for those is significant. Folks wouldn't just pay a little more, the price would have gone way over $200.00. My stand has always been to keep this the same price as the GP-35. Afordability was in the fore-front of my mind here...I know you wrestle with that all the time. As for the tank and the plow..that should have been black and I will see where we dropped the ball on that one. We had to paint them...blue is just as expensive as black )

Joe


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Originally Posted by RobertAllbritton

Alex,

A paint mask to cover the corners is more complex than one that just covers the flat areas. Manufactures have to make compromises all the time to get a product to market at a reasonable price. That might be the case here, but I don't know for sure.

But all in all, this looks like a great release for MTL. We had tons of success with our AZL Brass SD40-2 run (over 500 brass locos sold) and I'm sure it will be multiples of that for MTL. Congratulations to Joe, Eric and the whole team at MTL: this locomotive looks like a winner.

Best,
-Rob(A)
AZL

[chooch]

Well said Joe, and because of the price point I'll be buying a few of these locos and not just one. Just waiting for CN and CP to be released. Thanks Joe and Microtrains.

Bob

[shamoo737]

Joe, I knew the reason why they were painted like that, but its something I can fix. Like Bob said, I rather have the lower price.

[goobnav]

Once I can get a picture of them. Have to track down the units and then get the pictures.

[Joe D'Amato]

Bob,

We have two CPs on the way...two different schemes as well. )

Joe

Originally Posted by chooch

Well said Joe, and because of the price point I'll be buying a few of these locos and not just one. Just waiting for CN and CP to be released. Thanks Joe and Microtrains.

Bob

[goobnav]

Norfolk Southern, I know that it is probably a given but, just asking.

[Kez]

Originally Posted by goobnav

Norfolk Southern, I know that it is probably a given but, just asking.

+1

Gotta be NS coming!