by byte
A while back the owner of Island Model Works (http://islandmodelworks.com/) had me send him a copy of a set of blueprints I have for the new Metra Highliners. From those, he's been able to make plans for the production of both the diesel-hauled 8500-series cabs & 6100-series coaches and the new Highliners themselves. According to their website, they have almost enough pre-orders to make the diesel-hauled cars a reality, but that no interest in the Highliners had been shown. I figured that if there were any interest in either set of cars, it would probably be from people on this forum, so here's the link to said cars pre-order page: http://islandmodelworks.com/Chicago.html#gallery. As per that page, he's taking pre-orders for the electric cars until June 15th, which I'm seriously thinking about plunking down some scratch for within the next few days. The pre-order reservation is $15, and overall most coaches they sell go for $65. Not really a bad price considering no one else has what they're producing. I don't think I'm the only one who does HO-modeling on this forum, so maybe others would be interested as well, particularly before the opportunity for the Highliners dries up.
{A buddy of mine ordered some CTA 4000s from IMW a little while ago, and the supplied carbodies and underbodies are of good quality and easy to work with if you know what you're doing. (Their products are not complete cars, but shell/frame/window kits) I have some CTA 3200s on the way as well, although they probably won't be here for a few weeks (everything they do is custom-cast).}
{A buddy of mine ordered some CTA 4000s from IMW a little while ago, and the supplied carbodies and underbodies are of good quality and easy to work with if you know what you're doing. (Their products are not complete cars, but shell/frame/window kits) I have some CTA 3200s on the way as well, although they probably won't be here for a few weeks (everything they do is custom-cast).}
That old car might be worth money!