**ARRIVED** Announcing Custom Run Premier USRA 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Engine - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific "CRI&P" from Berwyn's Toys and Trains!

@Berwyns Toys and Trains posted:

Our version, with the help of MTH, will have a finished look as delivered by ALCo to the Rock in 1909.  We have requested that this engine come with the long tender, instead of the short one, as we have offered with the Q's engine.

Full artwork will be revealed as soon as possible!

But we are not stopping here!  Wait till next Friday's announcement!  What could it possible be????

An interesting project! Not to gripe, but the tender in the drawing looks shorter than in the picture. The space between the trucks looks wider in the pic. Also, the outline of the boiler top in the drawing doesn’t look like it matches the picture. Are these the MTH drawings of the model being produced?

@samjumper "Not to gripe, but the tender in the drawing looks shorter than in the picture."  --- Hence why the tender profile is not outlined in bold as the engine is.  Usually, when issuing a blueprint drawing the contents that are in question are almost always able to stand out from the rest of the drawings.

So I reiterate, "We have requested that this engine come with the long tender, instead of the short one, as we have offered with the Q's engine. Full artwork will be revealed as soon as possible!"  That is why we have not included preproduction artwork on the tender in this post.

"the outline of the boiler top in the drawing doesn’t look like it matches the picture. Are these the MTH drawings of the model being produced?" ----  The boiler profile in the picture vs the MTH drawing is slightly different.  This is a standard production tooling that MTH uses for most of their USRA Pacifics.  This is NOT an O-Scale brass 2-rail model that would mimic the real thing (picture) to the correct scale with correct proportions.  This is as close as we can get to using the available tools at hand.

Thanks for your interest. 

@Berwyns Toys and Trains posted:

So I reiterate, "We have requested that this engine come with the long tender, instead of the short one, as we have offered with the Q's engine. Full artwork will be revealed as soon as possible!"  That is why we have not included preproduction artwork on the tender in this post.

"the outline of the boiler top in the drawing doesn’t look like it matches the picture. Are these the MTH drawings of the model being produced?" ----  The boiler profile in the picture vs the MTH drawing is slightly different.  This is a standard production tooling that MTH uses for most of their USRA Pacifics.  This is NOT an O-Scale brass 2-rail model that would mimic the real thing (picture) to the correct scale with correct proportions.  This is as close as we can get to using the available tools at hand.

Thanks for your interest.

No good deed...

Welcome to the world of model train "manufacturer."   You will probably have to reiterate the above statements many times.

Rusty

@Rusty Traque posted:

No good deed...

Welcome to the world of model train "manufacturer."   You will probably have to reiterate the above statements many times.

Rusty

Reiterate for $1250 it’s anyone’s guess what will actually show up? Other dealer special runs haven’t mentioned these stipulations. Sorry I asked.

@Sam Jumper posted:

Reiterate for $1250 it’s anyone’s guess what will actually show up? Other dealer special runs haven’t mentioned these stipulations. Sorry I asked.

"It's anyone's guess what will actually show up?" ----Really?  I mean REALLY?

"Other dealer special runs haven’t mentioned these stipulations." ----  We are not like the other dealers.  And besides, what stipulations?

@Sam Jumper posted:

Reiterate for $1250 it’s anyone’s guess what will actually show up? Other dealer special runs haven’t mentioned these stipulations. Sorry I asked.

What does this even mean?  In the original post it stated that it was a USRA Pacific, and that they would request a longer tender to go with it.  The Rock never rostered any USRA Pacifics AFAIK and this tooling from MTH seems to be a Heavy Pacific at that.  The only railroad that rostered USRA Heavy Pacifics that I know of was Erie.

For $1250 you will get a USRA Pacific, lettered as Rock Island 886 with a long tender. 

These are fantastic looking models from what I've seen.

@Sam Jumper posted:

Reiterate for $1250 it’s anyone’s guess what will actually show up? Other dealer special runs haven’t mentioned these stipulations. Sorry I asked.

@rplst8 posted:

What does this even mean?  In the original post it stated that it was a USRA Pacific, and that they would request a longer tender to go with it.  The Rock never rostered any USRA Pacifics AFAIK and this tooling from MTH seems to be a Heavy Pacific at that.  The only railroad that rostered USRA Heavy Pacifics that I know of was Erie.

For $1250 you will get a USRA Pacific, lettered as Rock Island 886 with a long tender.

These are fantastic looking models from what I've seen.

The same can be said for BT&T's Burlington Pacific in another thread.  BT&T's been pretty clear about using existing tooling in both instances.

Yes, the Erie was the only owner of USRA heavy Pacifics.  The Southern PS-4 was close to a USRA Heavy Pacific, as was Atlanta & West Point's two heavy Pacific's.

Rusty

Full artwork is now revealed!  Thanks to all who helped on this project!

@Berwyns Toys and Trains posted:

Full artwork is now revealed!  Thanks to all who helped on this project!

Is the final artwork what is shown in the original post?

The artwork that is now shown at the top post of this page is the final preproduction artwork.

They're FINALLY HERE!  Your orders are on their way!  Thanks to everyone who ordered these engines......