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Sep 30, 2010 - HO Scale
Rapiod Trains - Latest Up Date of CP Canadian
Rapido Trains Inc. has been working for almost three years on the definitive model of The Canadian, Canada’s world-famous train, in HO scale. Most of the time has been spent getting the underbody detail just right, a difficult task as the real cars have all been HEPed. Regular updates can be found in our here on our news announcements.
We recently got a call from a dealer who was upset about the late delivery of The Canadian. He told us that if we left off all of the extra detail that nobody cares about anyway, we could have released the train by now. His exact words were that it should just be “good enough” like the other passenger train models out there. Sorry, but that’s not how we (Bill, Dan and Jason) work here at Rapido Trains Inc. To date, we are the only manufacturer in the world to bring out passenger car models with complete, separately-molded underbody detail. The stuff under a passenger car is what actually makes the car function. To represent that equipment by just a few blobs of plastic does a disservice to the history of these fine pieces of industrial and transportation engineering.
Would a model of a successful sports car be complete without a representation of its high-performance engine? Obviously not. Yes, we could have brought out the model a year early if we had left off all of the underbody piping, valves, regulators, etc. But model railroaders have been waiting 56 years for this model. What makes more sense: bring out a barely-detailed, “good enough” model of Canada’s most famous train in 2010 or an exquisitelydetailed model in 2011? Are model railroaders really so impatient that they would rather spend the same dollar on a substandard model now than a perfect model a year later? We don’t think so either.
We recently got a call from a dealer who was upset about the late delivery of The Canadian. He told us that if we left off all of the extra detail that nobody cares about anyway, we could have released the train by now. His exact words were that it should just be “good enough” like the other passenger train models out there. Sorry, but that’s not how we (Bill, Dan and Jason) work here at Rapido Trains Inc. To date, we are the only manufacturer in the world to bring out passenger car models with complete, separately-molded underbody detail. The stuff under a passenger car is what actually makes the car function. To represent that equipment by just a few blobs of plastic does a disservice to the history of these fine pieces of industrial and transportation engineering.
Would a model of a successful sports car be complete without a representation of its high-performance engine? Obviously not. Yes, we could have brought out the model a year early if we had left off all of the underbody piping, valves, regulators, etc. But model railroaders have been waiting 56 years for this model. What makes more sense: bring out a barely-detailed, “good enough” model of Canada’s most famous train in 2010 or an exquisitelydetailed model in 2011? Are model railroaders really so impatient that they would rather spend the same dollar on a substandard model now than a perfect model a year later? We don’t think so either.
Here is a selection of the engineering drawings from our worldclass model. Full information can be found on our web site, and Jason will be taking pre-production samples of The Canadian on a cross-Canada tour (by train!) in mid-2011 so customers can see this exceptional model in person before production begins.
Park Car (note etched name plate and, on VIA models, working rear light)
Chateau Sleeper (note 3D CP Beaver Herald)
Truck close up (note detailed bolster, brake light and raised Can-Car logo)
Diner underbody detail (note all electrical, steam and air lines are separate parts)
Dome close up (note accurate CP seats and dome rivets)
AC detail (note see-through condenser and TRANE logo on compressor)
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