Rapido Trains NA Announce Budd RDC N Scale

[scottystitch]

Announced today in Rapido’s newsletter.

 

The Bud RDC in N scale; details here:

 

https://files.constantcontact.com/b02e8bb6001/76449d9b-bd72-4362-83aa-550ea1fe2ae8.pdf

 

Release is dependent on sufficient orders by March 15th 2024.

Edited December 25, 2023 by scottystitch

[stivesnick]

Very intresting.

 

Many N Gauge modellers will remember and perhaps still have the Kato models produced some time ago. I assume, although it does not clearly state that the other versions will be produced at some time. 

 

For my own layout, the Great Northern only had 1 Budd railcar - an RDC-3 that operated much further west, but I could be tempted. 

 

Nick 

[Johann Marsbar]

I've got several of the Kato ones, most of which came from MB Klein in Baltimore when they were selling them off at the equivalent of £20 each about 10 years ago (!) and I've actually used the chassis off a couple of them to motorise some other items.

Don't think I really need any more beyond my existing "fleet" though......

[Claude_Dreyfus]

I did make an enquiry about these with Rails of Sheffield (being a Rapido dealer). They are going to check to see if they can take orders for them. I have my eye on a couple. 

[scottystitch]

I asked Rails a couple of weeks ago and they said no. 
 

I placed my order with nscaleamericantrains.co.uk instead. 
 

Best

 

Scott. 

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Interesting. Good to know, thanks.