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Hello charlie:
If i remember cleanly they announced this and I do not ever think it was made. I never saw another posting about it.
they did make some very nice Mopac F-3 models, but imported very few.
It would have been nice for the O scale side of the hobby. The atlas models in O scale were approaching close to a 1000.00 bucks.
now a lot of O scale modeler simply will not pay that for plastic. Example I can buy O scale brass models done by Overland OMI
like the E-6 and E 7 E8 and re-due the drives and new details and paint them for for about 800. Now I have a brass model for close to plastic.
more bang for the buck.
The other thing you need to watch in Atlas O scale is the drives that they put in, some of the designs the builders come up with are just
stupid. They will not pull 6 cars up a minimal grade. the were termed the China vertical drives. Motor mounted vertical with a small flywheel.
Please contact me if you need more in put on this. Most of this is my opinion based on preferences.
Bill Basden Delta Models http://www.deltamodelsusa.com
