Overland ES44ac's

I would email OMI and ask.

A good portion of the SD70Aces have come in,a friend of mine picked up a large # of them at Cleveland O scale meet earlier this month from a large midwestern dealer. I believe he has 2 more coming in the next shipment. In the spring Overland announced these were finally coming in they stated they would no longer import any more N or O scale brass.

Why should anybody fund a business? I will buy it when it arrives and I approve it is what was promised. 

It is time for OMI to leave the O scale side of the hobby. See Ya!!

Not only am I happy prefunding Overland's items that I want I am happy to fund lots of businesses buying their stock for which I get nothing other than maybe dividends and at the mercy of the vagaries of the market.  

Which, OBTW, is how I get the money to pay for this stuff.  Many, many times over.

 I think it's the way we get spoiled from the big mass producing guys who make so much they end up with blow out sales later on. I don't think they want it that way.

 There are a lot of guys who will pay whatever Lionel wants for their latest products whenever they want it. So Overland is not out of line. Of course, if the average train guy saw a modern Overland product in person, they would appreciate the quality.

Pre pay orders...there is the same arrangements for niche and high end custom precision optics...especially the few that are still made the old-fashion way here in the USA, where there are few units of high quality produced. You might as well consider it craftsman custom built...just for YOU. You're saying to Overland "Would you build this model for me, please". I'm surprised the brass market has survived at all. This is not mass market folks...it's a completely different animal. I enjoyed my years in the 80's collecting Ma and Pa HO scale brass...as well as some N. When you see brass up close, you'll understand.

You do have a choice. There are piles of 2 rail stuff out there if you choose to go that way.

Simon

A lot of speculation here as the current Overland site makes no mention of any future O scale models, Brian may have suggested that a future project if it were to be done would require a full up front "investment" on the project ,I don't believe he was that satisified with the deposit system [drop outs, slow payers etc.] it would be interesting to see if enough "investers" could be found to pony up the 300K+/- to fund the project. Bear in mind the lighted UP engines are 2750- today, a future model would sit at 3K+ [at least 3 years out at this point] 100 +/- would probably be the builders requirement. Overland is not the only importer that Ajin[Atrain] builds for today and with less staff these projects can take a far greater period of time to completion.

Importing is a tough business.  If you intend to run, why not just live for the here and now and purchase MTH ES44s?  I only purchased (IE waiting for) the batch of SD70ACe's because I thought they would be a nice high end addition and will be run with MTH units I own.

I already own several MTH ESS44's and SD70's...I don't need anymore currently.  I also have a nice collection of Brass that I run on a limited basis, as it is all currently just straight DC.  I'm always adding nice pieces to my Brass collection so I can pass them down, as they were to me. What electronics do you intend to install in your SD70s?  I was thinking MTH PS3.0 if they ever come out with a kit like they did with PS2 but I don't know if they ever will...  Maybe Soundtraxx TS-1000? But that would limit me on running them with DCS w/ my MTH models.

Here's a pic of my addition this week...getting ready to put on the mirrors and hoses.  No one really understands the big deal with brass...until you see it in person.

That's a beautiful loco, NSPIRATE.  Thanks for posting the pics.

Thank you.  I'll post more pics when its done.

 Wow, I just clicked on the bottom pic and saw the rest of her. Very, very nice.

Hey Joe,

I think the Overland Models SD80MAC looked fantastic! Spectacular detail!

Regards,

Frank

Those are beautiful models...wow.

Coming along...

Nice work here and on your pages of the MTH NS SD70ACe units. (or M-2?)

Email me if you have the time jwpcfv (at) msn.com

Somehow I missed this post 'til now. I never saw the NS version either!

Somebody remind me where the March meet is? Can't there ever be a meaningful show that I don't have to travel for ten to twelve hours to get to!!!! Urrggg.

Didn't OMI air freight a batch of these units back to China for repairs and there be a delay. Thougth I read that somewhere. I am getting too old now to reserve a model for a two year hold or more as I want time to enjoy them. I'll just have to be satisfied with plastic.

Perhaps you are thinking of the 3-rail fp7's from 3rd Rail?  They are back to the builder to correct issues with the wheel profiles.

Jim

Chicago.  Here is info for this years show.

Yes Jim, as I sped thru most the post on the OMI 7 page and didn't find what I thought I read.

Phil

 Whoa, I wonder who's RS engine was there on the bottom row of pics in 2013 folder. The side doors are open with the engine showing. Very cool!!

 I'd better hone my skills a lot more....

Some things in plastic are even slower than most things in brass.