Hi Folks,
I remember saying "Goodbye" to my team here in Korea 3 years ago, in December of 2019. "See you in February" were my last words.
Nearly 3 years later I was able to return. I have been meeting with our production team who mostly live in Korea. We all work together to keep our vendors and factories busy in Korea and China.
The SD40-2 design is almost complete. These are going to be the coup de grace of Diesels we have ever made. If you don't have a reservation now, look to see if you want one before we close reservations. (January). Please reserve HERE.
We are starting the GP7 and GP9 run #2 in November. We have sent all reserving customers their preliminary invoices for these to make sure we have accurate orders. If you want to get on board with this second run, please act quickly as we are closing reservations in days, when we order the parts for production. Click HERE to go to the GP79 information Page.
The 1948 20th Century cars and Milwaukee Road EP3s are finishing this November, arriving in January. The next cars to go into production are the "Chessie Cars" Again, reserve now or forever hold your peace. I had the Chessie car info on our 3rdrail.com web site, but have since moved them to the Golden Gate Depot web site for clarity. They are a GGD product. You can click HERE to see the information page for the Chessie cars.
We don't have much in stock to sell, but we do have Battleship Gondolas, so please order yours before they are gone. We don't often rerun models, so this is your chance to own one of the most unique gondolas ever produced. You can buy your Battleship Gondolas Here.
We are working on the design of the "Eagle" cars now. More than 1/2 of these cars were ACF "American Car Foundry" cars, which have riveted sides. Aluminum cars are made by extruding AL through a tool making the sides smooth. Then cutting out the windows and space for the door castings. They generally don't accommodate rivets, only a smooth surface on the sides. We have developed a technique to apply rivets onto the AL so that when the cars are painted, they will have raised rivet patterns on the surface. The "Eagle" cars will be outstanding scale models for sure. These will be produced in 2023. You still have time to reserve your T&P or Mopac "Eagles". You can see the "Eagle" car information page HERE.
See the test picture of riveted Aluminum body here:
We have a lot of models to work on in the coming months and years, and we hope all of you that are interested can hang in there with us while we work through them and get them produced.
Please come to our web site to see the products and reserve what you will want. And please remember, we produce to your orders, and in some cases it's very difficult to sell unique models, in unique road names to other customers if you drop your orders after production begins. We don't ask for deposits, but ask for firm orders from our customers.
Enjoy Your Hobby,
Scott Mann / Sunset Models / 3rd Rail / Golden Gate Depot / Electric Railroad - Korea
which puts this engine out of reach for me.