I don't know if they will be plated or painted, but I DO know that my BLI Rock
Island E3A (actually an E6A, but the box says E3) has the most convincing
painted rendition of stainless I've ever seen...I wish Con-Cor had done the
same on their Pioneer Zephyrs!
And...re: "waiting for (black or red...choose one) nose stripes"...c'mon, guys,
that's why this is called MODEL railroading. Invest in a Microscale decal set
and spend a half an hour's quality time with your new E unit; you'll actually
get the satisfaction of having participated in making just the model you want.
Given the flux in model RR manufacturing in China right now, there's no
guarantee that the re-release incorporating "your" nose stripes will ever
occur...at least without doubling in price!
John O'Connell
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "DennisH" <dchenry@...> wrote:
>
> Charlie,
>
> I also have two of these BLI E-units reserved but have been wondering whether
> the side panels will be plated (metallic) or painted. The BLI web photos
> show painted but at least one of the references says stainless steel. I
> haven't done my homework yet on prototype photos of 9964 or 9967 to see which
> they had and when. If the plated version had the same finish as the CZ cars
> that would be fine with me, although I prefer the plating on the single
> Walthers E-7 from a couple of years ago.
>
> Dennis Henry
> Brass Car Sides
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Charlie Vlk <cvlk@> wrote:
> >
> > Nelson
> > I do the artwork for BLI and your inquiry was noted to me from my BLI guy.
> > I responded to him that I was well aware of the situation. I will do Black
> > on the next runs of E units. I have noted in the past that Red seemed to
> > sell better than the Black but as you point out if you model Pre-1959 you
> > have to have Black
> > Charlie Vlk
> > Railroad Model Resources
> >
>
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