Walthers February 2021 New Product announcements, order by 2/26

[NW Modeling List]

Thank you Ed.  I could order one of the Walthers models and repaint it 
black, I guess.

Walter Davis Youngsville, NC

On 1/21/2021 6:09 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> The older Proto 2000 GP9's have a number of prototype detail 
> issues. These models were very generic and were offered in various 
> road names without any railroad specific features added.These upcoming 
> Walthers Proto models are the first real attempt to offer a N&W 
> freight GP9 in plastic. Yes, all N&W ordered GP9's were delivered in 
> black either F1 or F2 schemes. 600's through 900's.
>
> Ed Painter - Member #70, N&WHS Modeling Committee Chairman, from 
> Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you, Jim.  There is an older Proto GP-9 in black. Is it
>     correct, otherwise?
>
>     On 1/21/2021 11:39 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>>     None were delivered in blue - all black. Blue is a repaint.
>>
>>     Jim Nichols
>>
>>     On Thursday, January 21, 2021, 10:34:01 AM CST, NW Modeling List
>>     <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
>>     wrote:
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>>     Were all of them delivered in blue?  What year?  No black ones?
>>
>>     On 1/21/2021 9:35 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>>     Good news from Walthers Proto. They will be offering 4 different
>>     numbers of of N&W freight GP9's in Pevler Blue. 766 and 767 will
>>     be offered with Sound-DCC (ESU Loksound 5 Decoders) and 769 and
>>     809 in DC only, DCC ready. The picture with the passenger scheme
>>     frame stripe is incorrect. I've verified with Walthers that the
>>     units will not have the passenger scheme yellow stripe and will
>>     adhere to N&W's Pevler Blue freight scheme.  The absolute
>>     prototype accuracy of the units is still to be determined but
>>     they without doubt will be the best plastic N&W freight GP9's
>>     offered to date.  You can see the various N&W specific features
>>     they have incorporated on the models.  I recently purchased an
>>     Erie Lackawanna GP7 from this same series of models and found it
>>     to be very accurate prototypically and operationally excellent
>>     too.Pre-orders must be submitted by 2/28/21 with delivery
>>     scheduled for 6/21.  There are numerous credible and reliable
>>     dealers you can pre-order these locomotives through.  I
>>     ordered all 4 and will convert the DC-DCC ready models to sound
>>     with ESU Loksound 5 decoders.
>>
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>>
>>     Ed Painter - Member #70, N&WHS Modeing Committee Chairman, from
>>     Narrowes, VA living in Cohutta, GA
>>
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