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Post by tknarr58 on May 27, 2015 18:03:32 GMT -5
So what is the new steam project? Any decision on a new brass caboose?  |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 21:56:20 GMT -5
Hopefully something eastern. I'd take N&W, PRR, or NYC.
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Post by Hans Riddervold (AZL) on May 28, 2015 12:22:57 GMT -5
Caboose  Next brass caboose will be the ATSF Ce-1. We will also go public with our next brass steam choice soon. Actually, we are considering 2! Sincerely, Hans (AZL) |
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Post by Rob Albritton on May 29, 2015 7:57:05 GMT -5
So what is the new steam project? Any decision on a new brass caboose? We have been reading your comments and listening to our customers for about 8 months now, and have finally made decisions on our next steam locomotive. The order has been placed, and as soon as some of the design work is done we will make an announcement. Until then, we are still in the process of bidding the job, so there is a chance it could get changed to our 2nd favorite locomotive if the design cost for our 1st choice is prohibitive. Thus, it would not be fair to make an announcement until we are locked in. Best, -Rob(A) AZL |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 12:49:28 GMT -5
So what is the new steam project? Any decision on a new brass caboose? We have been reading your comments and listening to our customers for about 8 months now, and have finally made decisions on our next steam locomotive. The order has been placed, and as soon as some of the design work is done we will make an announcement. Until then, we are still in the process of bidding the job, so there is a chance it could get changed to our 2nd favorite locomotive if the design cost for our 1st choice is prohibitive. Thus, it would not be fair to make an announcement until we are locked in. Best, -Rob(A) AZL I'm hoping your #1 is the N&W Class J |
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Post by Curn on May 29, 2015 23:24:35 GMT -5
We have been reading your comments and listening to our customers for about 8 months now, That could be taken the wrong way. Only 8 months? there is a chance it could get changed to our 2nd favorite locomotive if the design cost for our 1st choice is prohibitive. We can deduce that locomotive choice #1 is more technically challenging to build. We were also told that a GS4 would be $1500. So another 4-8-4 without streamlining and many detail parts, like 3751 or 844, might also cost more to make. Choice #2, to be cheaper will either be smaller or easier to build, like a Pacific(smaller) or a N&W Class J (less detail parts). |
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Post by Rob Albritton on May 30, 2015 16:29:38 GMT -5
That could be taken the wrong way. Only 8 months? Well, if I had said 8 years then I would look slower than a 100 yea old snail on a salted, snowed in street If I had said 8 minutes then I would look like I didn't care. Truth is, the conversation on this forum started about 8 months ago, thus the comment. In reality, we always listen to our customers, and have for many years. Best RobA AZL |
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Post by domi on May 31, 2015 4:32:19 GMT -5
Rob, are you currently allowed to say whether it'll be an articulated?
A N&W Y6b? Mmmmhhhhh!
Dom
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 12:41:02 GMT -5
Rob, are you currently allowed to say whether it'll be an articulated? A N&W Y6b? Mmmmhhhhh! Dom I would love a Y6B but a y3 would be a better business decision and offer more models. |
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Post by smr on Jul 4, 2015 2:57:17 GMT -5
I would go for a 4-8-4, more specifically Santa Fe`s 3751 class!  The 4-8-4 Northern was one of the most well proportioned steam locomotives ever built. And for overall good looks, it was hard to beat the Santa Fe’s 3751 class. Built in 1927 to 1929, these locomotives proved themselves more than capable of handling the Santa Fe’s crack passenger trains. They were so successful that 3 additional orders were later placed, bringing the Santa Fe’s stable of Northerns to 65 locomotives. The first batch were coal-fired and delivered with 73″ drivers. Santa Fe rebuilt these beginning in 1938 as oil-burners with massive 80″ drivers. Subsequent orders followed that standard. Although 9 Santa Fe Northerns survive today, the first one built is still the most famous. Since being returned to service in 1991, No. 3751 has toured thousands of miles in excursion service. Sister 3759 sits in static display in Kingman, AZ. |
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Post by atw on Jul 4, 2015 3:33:37 GMT -5
In reality, we always listen to our customers, and have for many years. Yes you have, and thank you for that. cheers Adrian
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Post by David Vaughn on Aug 3, 2015 20:29:56 GMT -5
Folks should give serious consideration to doing a Nickel Plate Berkshire, of which 5 are preserved and one (765) still runs, with another (763) coming along in the next several years. Beautiful engine. Ran until very late (1958). Attractive. And part of a family of related Lima super power berks (C&O, Pere Marquette, RF&P, Virginian very close; others like L&N, Wheeling doable with some modifications. The locomotives have sold well in other scales. I will buy as many NKP versions as different numbers are produced. I can help with research. Contact me off list if interested. David Vaughn NKP48@AOL.com, Thanks.
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Post by johnsullivan on Aug 4, 2015 14:58:45 GMT -5
Folks should give serious consideration to doing a Nickel Plate Berkshire, of which 5 are preserved and one (765) still runs, with another (763) coming along in the next several years. Beautiful engine. Ran until very late (1958). Attractive. And part of a family of related Lima super power berks (C&O, Pere Marquette, RF&P, Virginian very close; others like L&N, Wheeling doable with some modifications. The locomotives have sold well in other scales. I will buy as many NKP versions as different numbers are produced. I can help with research. Contact me off list if interested. David Vaughn NKP48@AOL.com, Thanks. I heartily agree with you! The NKP Berkshire is a stately locomotive. I rode on an excursion trip behind #759 from Hoboken, NJ to Scranton, PA and back sometime around 1970. This loco (759) is on display at Steamtown in Scranton, so my first choice would be for 759, but I would be happy to buy any NKP Berkshire. John |
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Post by BAZman on Aug 4, 2015 20:25:32 GMT -5
4 BIG drivers, traction tire (all the way across the tread please, not that narrow band that makes the locos wobble). 2 lead pilot axles, tracks much better. Big boiler for weight over the drivers.
Label it any way you want, if it pulls a minimum 20 metal wheeled cars. I'd settle for 15 cars but with that big of a loco, it should be pulling more.
Dreams do come true.
See ya in a few weeks !
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Post by Commodore on Jan 6, 2016 18:31:31 GMT -5
Rob:
I'm getting ready to build a few NYC Dreyfus Hudson Locomotives. These are a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement - based on existing 4-6-2 chassis modified with a replacement 4 wheel trailing truck. The cowling would be 3D printed/modeled.
I cannot do the quality work that AZL can. I really like the AZL Mikados. But I simply need some larger steam era engines to pull all those perfect AZL heavyweights.
I know the next brass locomotive is being kept "a secret."
Can you tell me enough to prevent me from wasting my time?
(Actually, I'm having second thoughts on scratch building. I don't mind running the yellow cars. Would you sell me some? Wait, then you'll have to find me a Challenger too. I'd much rather give AZL my money. ...You can tell me offline!)
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Next brass caboose will be the ATSF Ce-1. We will also go public with our next brass steam choice soon. Actually, we are considering 2! Sincerely, Hans (AZL)
