Model Railroading > Rapido News 141 is out now!

New announcement:

• NEW! HO Scale Procor 5820 Covered Hopper Cars

 Upcoming order deadlines:

•  N Scale Procor General Purpose 20,000 Gallon Tank cars 

Plus much more:

• Summer delivery schedule
• Production updates
• U25B Artwork update plus revised Penn Central road number
• H16-44 Project: revised road numbers for some paint schemes
• A note about preliminary artwork
• Jason's editorial: Acme Model Trains - A Case Study

​Here's the link: https://conta.cc/36DQknA

Thanks for reading!

-Rapido Jordan
 

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Love the Rapido video's with Jeremy.  Makes me laugh every time.  I think his all time best was the container one.
I don't model N scale but watched the video to see his take on it.
Thank you Rapido for the great products and fun video's.  

The covered hopper looks pretty good, I'll have to figure out which ones I can use.
t4p.

Woo! 4-bays!!! Put me down for a plurality...

~ Mr. MRL


1-3.) UNPX 123221 at La Mirada, CA on May 1, 2011.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/19/21 16:29 by MrMRL.

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I really appreciate Jason's humor and how he explains the industry in simple terms even I can understand.  While I don't buy everything Rapido makes, I have several of their models and am pleased with their product.

Those large, rib-side covered hopper models should be a quick sell (depending on prices):  they're hauled-commodity, PLASTIC PELLETS, is a staple on modern RRs and has been at least since the 1980s.  I see these cars every day in my region, along with the usual center-flows which are always mixed in with the ribs-sides, seen modeled here.  I have also seen some of these pulled from plastic pellet service, rebuilt without the big nozzels on the hopper bays, and now carry such commodites as Peanut Hulls (CRDX 10143 is one of those), which go to places like pet food factories.  Great stuff!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/21 18:53 by rbx551985.

Jordan, will you be doing any of the covered hoppers for versions before 1980 with 2 panel COTS?

The artwork shown is preliminary and we're looking into updating the earlier paint schemes with the 2 panel COTS plus other lettering changes.  As a late 70s modeller I need these myself!

Also it's safe to say there will be more releases in the future with other lettering/road name variations. 

-Jordan

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Jordan, will you be doing any of the covered
> hoppers for versions before 1980 with 2 panel
> COTS?

When is Rapido going to rerun the HO CN and BCR Dash 8-40CMs and run all the other version of the CN and BCR M420W and M420B?  Rapido makes new models but doesn't import enough to fill the demand once people find out the model they made is accurate.  Why would anyone lay out $300.00 to purchase Rapido's a U25B before if they know that Rapido has produced the correct version for each railroad.  Just in case you young folks don't know the GE U25B had many different versions.  There was a very big change for almost every year the U25B was produced. 

 

Jordan, excellent news. Would like to see one or two 70 s version in the first run.

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Ya I think I would be in on some 70s stuff.