S-2 sleepers by Walthers

[NW Modeling List]

Based on Marty's comments, you might want to consider ordering the car(s)
and then sell them if you don't like them.
if they do sell out, you could maybe sell over retail.
Mike Rector

*Walthers has not been doing a lot of extra passenger cars lately, so while
I know a wait and see what it looks like mindset makes sense, especially
with the paint color, there is a strong chance that if you don't reserve
one, you may have trouble finding them.  I fully expect Walthers to sell
out almost immediately, so you will have to track them down through a
dealer who ordered cars for stock and not just customer reservations.
-Marty Flick*



On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 4:35 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Most Walthers HO scale passenger cars come fully decorated, but with no
> car number or car name, and a decal sheet is included for modelers to apply
> their own car name/number as appropriate.  It is not a letter or number
> jumble, so the names of the three N&W County cars will be included, each
> being a single decal.
>
> I'm not familiar with the Arrow upgrades mentioned earlier, but the
> Walthers Proto series cars are some of the best HO passenger cars you'll
> ever see, and they are far superior to the Rivarossi/AHM cars.  That said,
> everyone has their own definition of good enough.
>
> These cars are being released as part of Walthers' next passenger train,
> the PRR General, so advanced reservation is more accurate than backorder.
> Walthers has not been doing a lot of extra passenger cars lately, so while
> I know a wait and see what it looks like mindset makes sense, especially
> with the paint color, there is a strong chance that if you don't reserve
> one, you may have trouble finding them.  I fully expect Walthers to sell
> out almost immediately, so you will have to track them down through a
> dealer who ordered cars for stock and not just customer reservations.
>
> Walthers has only done a couple of N&W cars, so it is hard to guess what
> color they will use.  I believe they did use different shades of tuscan for
> the N&W BEk baggage cars as opposed to the PRR B60b, so the N&W 10/6 may be
> a different color than the PRR.  Comparing pictures, the N&W car looks more
> brown than the MTH Arrow cars, but also appears to be a different shade
> than the PRR car.  Of course all of this is preproduction and probably
> digitally edited, so you can't trust the colors pictured.
>
> Marty Flick
>
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> Subject: Re: S-2 sleepers by Walthers
>
> At this point the link responded with a "backorder " which is like a
> tentative reservation if there are enough of them. I have several of the
> 20th century Rivarossi/Bachmann cars which needs some upgrades,  which I
> have yet to do. But I do have the issues of the Arrow with the
> information.
> How much better than a Rivarossi 10-6 with an AHM interior and the Arrow
> upgrades will the Walthers car be? I only need one for the Shenandoah
> Valley 1/2 New York Train...
>
>
> Jeff Cornelius
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