Wednesday, January 22, 2025

More new arrivals: Big Dash-7s from Rapido Trains

Things are getting better and better for Conrail modelers!  A variety of great products arrived right during the holidays and it's been busy enough that there hasn't been time to even dig into them right away.  But, here's a first look:  





Right off the bat, it is clear that these have been worth the wait.  Wow!  A handful of small issues were easily corrected - steps had some loose on a few of the end wells, and a few grab irons were bent by packaging.  But for models that travel 9000 miles across an ocean in a shipping container I have no complaints.  The dimensions, mechanism, detail, decoder, lighting and sound are amazing.  

Rapido is working on a C36-7 and rumor has it the second run of C30-7s is going to include a coveted model for Conrail guys: the C30-7A.  So much good to come.  Stay tuned!  

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