Sorry to hear about the lack of manufacturer zest for this project. In the meantime, have you seen the old threads where several trainboard members have custom built their own GP60M and B's? Here is a B unit by tehachapifan's railimages album:
Good luck. Walthers is more than content to sit on the tooling and never re-release them. I still feel that if Walthers was given the chance they would not produce anything in N.
Russ - Every time I see your model I drool on my keyboard! Here's the response I got from Walthers (I sent them an email via the 'contact us' link on their website). If everyone did this could we move the needle possibly? Hello Dave! Thank you for taking the time and effort to email your suggestion. We have forwarded your comment on to the appropriate department for consideration. Happy Modeling! Best Regards Lucy Wm K Walthers Customer Service ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Customer Service Message Date: Mon, March 22, 2010 9:57 am To: custserv@walthers.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Customer Number: Reason: I couldn't find a 'suggest a model' link on your website, so hopefully you can forward this on as appropriate. I'd like to suggest you release an n scale GP60M model. Your GP60's that were released (Life Like) are excellent models, and currently no manufacturer has a GP60M on the market. There is a large demand for these models!! They are also out there in multiple paint schemes (Santa Fe, BNSF multiple schemes, Maersk) and would be big sellers
Dave ! I really, really appreciate your efforts for the "N" GP-60M & B campaign, I hope others will tell the same story, about contacting makers. Also, Russ ! thanks for taking on my order for GP-60B, looking forward to it. Anyone else want to jump on the campaign, please do, write me and the manufacturers with your STRONG suggestions, we'll get'er done if we keep up the pressure, thanks for now guys ! fatalxsunrider43
He's already done so on both the GP60M and GP60B: Here's the B: Atlas Model Railroad Co. - My GP60B Project W/Pics (Updated 4/25)) I haven't found the M yet
oops, I didn't notice that - it's because the pictures are on the old railimages site and the picture link has changed or Russ got lazy and removed it
I'm really confused! I'm not building anyone anything! I think you have me mixed up with someone else or I hope you're just messing with me! Russ
Hi Russ ! Yes, I finally solved my little mystery, it is a gentleman by the name of JEFF KING who is doing the GP-60B for me, he has a tremendous web site, http://www.milwaukeeroadtrainshop.com/ He does fantastic looking work, so i have him doing the N scale GP-60B, sorry Russ, but I thought you were my N scale Locomotive builder, no worries, I have found my N scale source for custom work. Sorry for any mix up, thanks ! fatalxsunrider43
That's not far off the mark, since they are essentially there already. All they are really doing in N-scale, is buying up other manufacturers and then selling off their stock. I suppose that's a decent enough business model to follow if it makes you money, but it sure doesn't justify the loyalty of the customer who would honestly give money to the company... if they could only obtain the product they desire.
