Ralph Ratcliffe Models has announced an all new product from Ralph Ratcliffe Models, a 13' liquids tank body cast in high quality resin, available immediately. Shown above is the unpainted resin tank and a finished model using the tank. This tank is suitable for a fire tanker/tender, fuel or oil delivery truck, construction site water/dust control truck (shown above, and many other applications. [posted 03/02/2020]

Rapido has announced the second release of their GM TDH-5303 New Look Bus in HO scale. From the Rapido web site, "This time with a single-width rear door, this bus model has various improvements over the first release from 2017 but still comes packed full of detail and realism that you expect from a Rapido model, right down to every rivet. This model represents the second through fourth generations of the New Look bus, spanning from the mid 1960s right up until the last one was produced in 1986, and comes with agency-specific details from advertising panels to roof hatches." Order deadline is April 20th; no projected delivery date as of yet. [posted 03/01/2020]

Athearn has announced a new production run of their Freightliner 8642 single drive axle tractor in the ten paint schemes shown above. It should be noted each of the above models has a different unit number than those included in the sets below. Delivery is scheduled for February 2021. [posted 03/01/2020]

Athearn has announced a new production run of their Freightliner 8642 single drive axle tractor paired with a 28' van trailer in the seven paint schemes shown above. It should be noted each of the truck tractors shown here has a different unit number than those separate Freightliner truck tractors above. Delivery is scheduled for February 2021. [posted 03/01/2020]

Athearn has announced a new production run of their 28' van trailers packaged in pairs in the seven paint schemes shown above. Delivery is scheduled for February 2021. [posted 03/01/2020]