RE: (erielack) Will we ever see a HO Scale SDP45 in plastic???

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> Speaking of viable commercial models and how expensive it 
> must be to make molds, drives, trucks, and the like, I would 
> like to know who it is at Athearn that thinks that an HO 
> Scale model of a UP gas turbine will sell enough to cover the 
> cost of manufacturing.  Huh?  

Thou hast not seen the purchasing power (and sheer size) of the UP
modeling community :)

 
> It gives the impression that in the end, what gets produced 
> is still somewhat subject to the whims of the people that 
> control the purse strings.  Athearn, being a California-based 
> company, has always seemed to have a "western bias" in my 
> opinion.  Who wants to lay odds that someone important in 
> that company likes the UP?  Then again, we probably got the 
> SD45-2 and the FP45 because the ATSF had a bunch of them, and 
> the GP40X and SD45T-2 because of the SP.  

Most likely, but remember, they did make a point to completely "EL-ize"
the SD45-2, and for that they deserve major kudos.


 
> That said, the fact that the SP owned SDP45s, and that 
> EL-versions were also eventually painted for SP and UP, might 
> just give us all a fighting chance.  Not to mention that the 
> "guts" are basically done as well.
> 
> Let the campaign begin!

Already writing my extensive letter to them :)

	- Paul

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