Athearn has announced a new Mack B-61 fire truck model with all new tooling for the pumper body. Based on a prototype delivered to the Radnor Fire Company of Wayne, PA. Delivery is expected in May 2008.
Athearn has also announced a new Ford F-850 tow truck model. Delivery is expected in May 2008.
Athearn has announced Kenworth W900 concrete mixer models with expected delivery in May 2008. Just the thing to expand your mixer fleet with some variety!
Athearn has announced new models of the Ford F-100 pickups decorated for railroads of the era.
Athearn has announced the second release of Ford F-850 fire trucks with expected delivery in May 2008.
Athearn has announced Kenworth W-900 truck tractors and 40' containers and chassis with expected delivery in May 2008.
Athearn has also announced these new models based on upgraded ex-A-Line tooling for 40' Freuhauf sheet and post (smooth side) trailers.
Athearn displayed a pre-production sample of a Checker A8 taxicab at the Milwaukee Trainfest show in November. Though not officially announced yet it is expected to be announced in February.
Main Street Motors Ford & Plymouth Police Cars
Masterpiece Models Bugatti Type 35
Atlas Model Railroad/Masterpiece Models has pre-production samples of the previously announced Ford and Plymouth police cars and the Bugatti Type 35, both shown above. They have also announced additional new models to be released later this year:
1950 Ford® Custom Deluxe Fordor Sedan: In 1950, Ford® had its best sales year since 1929, selling more than 1.1 million cars including 247,181 Custom Deluxe Fordors. The popular Fordor was available with either an inline six or V8 engine and had a base price of $1,558. 1950 Ford® Custom Police Car: The first American production car designed especially for police use with heavy-duty components to stand up to patrol use and a V8 engine to catch the bad guys. The 1950 Ford® was used by many state and local law enforcement agencies, including both the NYPD and LAPD. 2008 Dodge® Challenger SRT8®: Dodge's® legendary muscle coupe returns with a new 6.1-liter HEMI® V8 engine that produces 425hp at 6000 rpm and 420 lb.-ft of torque at 4800 rpm and can accelerate from 0-60 in under five seconds. 2009 Dodge® Journey R/T: Dodge's® first crossover vehicle can be ordered with all-wheel drive and seating for seven. Designed for the international market, it will be available in North America in Spring 2008 and in Europe in Summer 2008.
1950 Ford® Custom Deluxe Fordor Sedan: In 1950, Ford® had its best sales year since 1929, selling more than 1.1 million cars including 247,181 Custom Deluxe Fordors. The popular Fordor was available with either an inline six or V8 engine and had a base price of $1,558.
1950 Ford® Custom Police Car: The first American production car designed especially for police use with heavy-duty components to stand up to patrol use and a V8 engine to catch the bad guys. The 1950 Ford® was used by many state and local law enforcement agencies, including both the NYPD and LAPD.
2008 Dodge® Challenger SRT8®: Dodge's® legendary muscle coupe returns with a new 6.1-liter HEMI® V8 engine that produces 425hp at 6000 rpm and 420 lb.-ft of torque at 4800 rpm and can accelerate from 0-60 in under five seconds.
2009 Dodge® Journey R/T: Dodge's® first crossover vehicle can be ordered with all-wheel drive and seating for seven. Designed for the international market, it will be available in North America in Spring 2008 and in Europe in Summer 2008.
First Gear - The Walthers web site is announcing a long-awaited mass production model in 1/87 of a sideboom crawler commonly used for railroad derail cleanup! This appears to be a variation of First Gear's previously released International TD-25 crawler dozer. Expected delivery is April 2008.
Highlands Station has just released its third CD book - Containers A-Z by David G. Casdorph. This CD book features Dave Casdorph's excellent series on containers. It provides an extensive photographic record of intermodal containers from A to Z. Dave documents the ISO types, characteristics, owner/operator information (when known), and available models. You'll find photos of rare as well as common containers, and all are in color. This CD book is a valuable research tool for both modelers and fans of intermodal transportation. Presented in PDF format (Adobe® Reader® 5.0 or later required), the text is fully searchable, and all 315 high-resolution color photos can be zoomed in on for close examination of every detail...something not possible with a printed version. Because the images are 300 dpi rather than the more common 96 dpi, readers can get an extremely close look at fine details. Pages can be printed for personal use. The 93-page series was first published in Model Railroading magazine between April 2000 and February 2003. Retail $18.95 plus $4.85 S&H per order (US). S&H via International Priority Mail to Canada and Mexico is $9; $11 for all other countries. We're told one of the future releases planned will be a vehicle model special based on the vehicle supplements that appeared in Model Railroading magazine.
Sylvan Scale Models has announced two new resin kits for 1947-54 American LaFrance 700 fire trucks in open cab and closed cab versions.
