Charlie, Please encourage Broadway to do several variations! I will
most most likely purchase both small numberboard, black stripe and large
numberboard, red stripe versions! Looking forward to these sound
equipped models! -Don
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:30:38 -0600 "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...> writes:
> Broadway Limited is tooling several variations.
> The unit numbers picked were small numberboard units for the Q as
> well as
> the GN.
> More units will be done in the future...if the sales warrant it.
> Not all the Es got repainted, if I remember the 60's properly.....
> I know
> that the red stripes might be "more attractive" (which is probably
> why they
> were changed in the first place, not just the advent of Chinese Red
> hood
> units), but I would prefer to see all the variations offered and
> bought....
> not just the Santa Fe Warbonnets of the world.
> Comments??
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "thommack" <mack@c...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:02 AM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: New HO models
>
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> > I am both excited and disappointed at the Broadway Limited news.
> It
> > sounds like it will be a great model, but the small number boards
> and
> > black stripes are disappointing (since P2K already did the small
> > number board E7's). At least if they were the large number board
> > units, even if they did release them in black, us later era
> modelers
> > could redo the stripes to red and have have a very nice unit in
> > addition to our small number board P2K E7's.
> >
> > BTW, as I recall, GN also had the big (F7 style) number boards on
> > their E7's, as well as PC (think they were NYC units) and several
> > other roads. So I wonder if Broadway Limited or P2K are
> considering a
> > release of their E7's with the big number boards???
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > --- In BRHSlist@y..., "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...> wrote:
> > > Bill-
> > > I am doing the artwork for Broadway Limited and so far they are
> > black. Tony
> > > has asked me to do, in as much as possible, the original paint
> > schemes for
> > > each of the first releases. In the case of the CB&Q, both of
> the
> > units
> > > were, of course, delivered with black stripes. I haven't
> > researched if
> > > these particular units received red stripes, but of course this
> > didn't start
> > > until 1959/60 so the units wore the black over the greater part
> of
> > their
> > > service life. I did cheat and add the unit designation plates
> as
> > the paint
> > > job looks a little bald without them.
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bill Hirt" <whirt@a...>
> > > To: <BRHSlist@y...>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:48 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] New HO models
> > >
> > >
> > > > Charlie Vlk wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Terry-
> > > > > 9916A and 9926A are the unit numbers for the Broadway
> Limited
> > E7s. They
> > > > > both will be in the longer-lived black nose decoration
> scheme.
> > Both
> > > units
> > > > > had the small numberboards.
> > > > > Charlie
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Charlie,
> > > >
> > > > Is this correct? The information my dealer showed me from two
> > > > distributors gathering orders for them indicated that they
> would
> > have
> > > > red nose stripes.
> > > >
> > > > Bill
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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