Walthers Announces New North American Ethanol Series Kits


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This is very exiting!! Walthers has just announced this month that starting in October 2009 there new North American Ethanol Series will be released. 7 all new Cornerstone Series kits in HO scale. NEW SW9/1200's, NEW GOLD LINE Freight Cars for use with the series and other industries!.



Here is what is due for the Structure Kits:

1. Corn Loading & Unloading Shed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Due October 2009 ~~~~ MSRP $79.98
2. Corn Storage & Elevator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due November 2009 ~~ MSRP $69.98
3. Processing Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due December 2009 ~~~ MSRP $69.98
4. Cooling Tower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due January 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $49.98
5. Fermentation Tanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due March 2010 ~~~~~ MSRP $79.98
6. Fermentation Tank Detail Kit ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due March 2010 ~~~~~ MSRP $17.98
7. Energy Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due June 2010 ~~~~~~ MSRP $89.98
8. Tanks, Pipes, Loading/Unloading Rack ~~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~~~~ MSRP $74.98



PROTO 2000 SW9/1200


DCC & SOUND:

1. North American Ethanol - NAEX #10 ~~~~ Due February 2010 ~~~ MSRP $239.98
2. North American Ethanol - NAEX #21 ~~~~ Due February 2010 ~~~ MSRP $239.98


Standard DC:

1. North American Ethanol - NAEX #11 ~~~~ Due February 2010 ~~~ MSRP $159.98
2. North American Ethanol - NAEX #20 ~~~~ Due February 2010 ~~~ MSRP $159.98



Gold Line™ Freight Cars

Evans 4780 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper:

1. MKT/UP - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
2. SOO Line - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
3. CP - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
4. DM&E - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
5. EEC - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
6. ADM (NEW) - 3 Road Numbers ~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
7. ADM (Blue) - 3 Road Numbers ~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98
8. Undecorated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due July 2010 ~~~~ MSRP $29.98


Trinity 6351 4-Bay Covered Hopper:

1. North American Ethanol - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
2. ADMX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
3. TILX (Vera Sun Energy) - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
4. MWTX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
5. CRDX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
6. TILX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98
7. Undecorated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due August 2010 ~~~ MSRP $34.98


Trinity 30,145-Gallon Tank Car:

1. North American Ethanol - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
2. TILX Global - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
3. NATX-RPMG - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
4. GATX-Abengeoa Bio - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
5. MWTX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
6. TILX - 3 Road Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98
7. Undecorated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due September 2010 ~~ MSRP $39.98


I will have all of these listed on my site soon and available for PRE-ORDER!!! A link to them will be posted once they are up. In the meantime, how many of you are looking forward to this series?????
 
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Just finished listing the new Cornerstone Series kits up on my website, they are now available for PRE-ORDER from Maders Trains :D

North American Ethanol Series Kits

Check em out, only prototype photos have been released at this time, but more information and model photos should be coming soon!! Ive gotten word that some of the new structures will be on display at the National Train Show in July.
 
LOL, Ken, you're right about that. Unless oil hits $150 a barrel again (unlikely) and Obama decides Ford F350 pickups are really environmentally friendly (really unlikely), ethanol is doomed. It wouldn't be around now if not for federal subsidies. Walthers is a little late to get on board the ethanol train. :)
 
UP2CSX said:
............................................ ethanol is doomed. It wouldn't be around now if not for federal subsidies. Walthers is a little late to get on board the ethanol train. :)
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Not really Jim. We model prototype railroads that no longer exist. We model eras that are long gone. We have entire railroads that are steam powered even though the diesel has ruled the rails for many decades. So why not model yet another industry nobody has any need for? Or change the signage and a few of the details and make it any type of industry you'd like that processes raw commodities into a liquid. As long as it can generate loads and income for a railroad.
 
True, Mike. It's just a little ironic that ethanol plants ahve beena round for 15 years or so and, now that they will likely fade into history, Walthers finally comes out with a kit.
 
I personally am VERY exited for these kits to come out. There are a couple of them that could be great additions to a steel mill! I think that these kits are going to be up there with the most detailed cornerstone kits Walthers has ever done, and im stoked! :D

New structures, new freight cars, and new locos! What could be better then that :D
 
In all fairness, it does take some time to develop a kit like this, the plastics molds alone can take a year or so to design, build and complete.

We do still buy steam engines after all.......
 
A fading industry or not, it looks like the buildings are very nice looking, especially for a modern era layout.. If nothing else you could easily modify them as a stand in for another industry.
 
Interesting. I suspect that a small HO layout could be entirely dedicated to a decent sized ethanol plant. The prices of these kits is a bit steep though.
 
AL1 said:
A fading industry or not, it looks like the buildings are very nice looking, especially for a modern era layout.. If nothing else you could easily modify them as a stand in for another industry.
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Precisely! And the individul buildings can each be modified and used separately to populate several smaller towns or sections of the layout. My Walthers Oil Distributor of many years ago had components spread all over the layout. The tanks went to an existing proprietor, the quonset hut type bldg stands on its own, the gas pump at yet another. The barrels are spread all over town.....(altho I haven't made BBQ grills out of any of them. yet...)

It is a gold mine if you can be creative and learn to look at a kit like this as an idea generator rather than an end unto itself.
 
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