I found on Ebay today two different auctions for Athearns new HO CF7 locomotives painted up for Amtrak in two different schemes. One had the all silver work train paint and one in an odd Phase III paint job. Athearn does a great job in accuracy (or did) on most of its products over the years (the AMD-103 and F59PHI are two great examples of beautiful Athearn products) but these CF7s look terrible, definatly not prototypical!
"Phase III" CF7 on Ebay, check it out
Now it isnt the body itself that isnt correct, Athearn looks like they have done a good job on that aspect. But I have NEVER seen an Amtrak CF7 painted like their Phase III version. The all silver version also looked odd with the Amtrak lettering and numbering looking like they are out of place.
"Phase III" CF7 on Ebay, check it out
Now it isnt the body itself that isnt correct, Athearn looks like they have done a good job on that aspect. But I have NEVER seen an Amtrak CF7 painted like their Phase III version. The all silver version also looked odd with the Amtrak lettering and numbering looking like they are out of place.