chitowndude84 Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 MODS please move if not allowed on this sub-forum My reaction to seeing this on ebay was BEYOND WORDS !!!!!! This is THE BUS I grew up riding on !! IIRC, First time since the Road Champs Flexible Metro from 1995 that a "modern" CTA diecast has been made !!! Overview: Bus 4400 was the prototype for the series built in 1989 by TMC in New Mexico. The bike rack and rear A/C says this a post 2001 Rehab version Errors: Noted errors. Standard RTS Headlights and American flag on front not corner. Looks like final production model has correct gray lower front doors painted Discontinued Route 145 Michigan Express Picked up 2 one to open and one to keep sealed !! $55 shipped+ tax each on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/4039616627383 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 That looks pretty good. The inaccuracy I would note is that the destination wouldn't be "TO MICHIGAN" but based on maps around 1999-2005 would have been Congress-Wells. I was going to say "which 4400," but as you pointed out, the A/C indicates it was not one of the prototypes.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitowndude84 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Ahhhhhhh good ole busjack nice to see you back sir !! Call me biased but I would have preferred 97 Skokie or 155 Devon on the DEST sign Cant believe they chose a long discontinued route for this model ?? But I'm just happy we have a new diecast model of one of our very popular modern buses My OCD is going to fill in those standard orange turn lights lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 3 hours ago, chitowndude84 said: My OCD is going to fill in those standard orange turn lights lol Since you mentioned that, one of the common problems with models is that they are based on repainted standard models. Here I was suspicious whether it had the parallelogram front door of the usual RTS, as opposed to the wider, accessible front door on a CTA RTS-8, as Illustrated from the following from chicagobus.org, and, indeed, the model is based on an RTS-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 4/25/2023 at 12:28 PM, Busjack said: Since you mentioned that, one of the common problems with models is that they are based on repainted standard models. Here I was suspicious whether it had the parallelogram front door of the usual RTS, as opposed to the wider, accessible front door on a CTA RTS-8, as Illustrated from the following from chicagobus.org, and, indeed, the model is based on an RTS-3. Besides the front door, the other details on the replica that said they didn't base this on the CTA specs for the RTS is the exhaust pipe on the upper left rear corner. CTA's RTS had the exhaust pipe at the bottom of the bus. But this is a really good looking replica nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Looks like the RTS isn't the only CTA bus that Iconic Replicas put up for sale on eBay. Currently a replica of the Proterra 600s is on sale. https://www.ebay.com/itm/266255014115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitowndude84 Posted July 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 On 6/15/2023 at 7:44 PM, jajuan said: Besides the front door, the other details on the replica that said they didn't base this on the CTA specs for the RTS is the exhaust pipe on the upper left rear corner. CTA's RTS had the exhaust pipe at the bottom of the bus. But this is a really good looking replica nonetheless. Agreed, Just very minor CTA specific details that we Chicago bus fan's nitpick with our specific version of the RTS. But for $40 it's very detailed and worth the $$$ !! Hope they come out with a Flexible Metro or New Flyer D40 line !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 5 hours ago, chitowndude84 said: Agreed, Just very minor CTA specific details that we Chicago bus fan's nitpick with our specific version of the RTS. But for $40 it's very detailed and worth the $$$ !! Hope they come out with a Flexible Metro or New Flyer D40 line !!! The company came out with the Grumman 870 which is probably the closest thing you'll get to a Metro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 10 hours ago, chitowndude84 said: Agreed, Just very minor CTA specific details that we Chicago bus fan's nitpick with our specific version of the RTS. But for $40 it's very detailed and worth the $$$ !! Hope they come out with a Flexible Metro or New Flyer D40 line !!! NFI D40LF model would be fire! ???? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCR Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 New Novas are coming next 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroShadow Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Updated to (1) Move the Discussion to "general" (2) I'm lit about the Novas (3) I've been buying all of the Bay Area ones plus CTA. I'm shocked we're not as excited here as, say, any Facebook Forums. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitowndude84 Posted Monday at 10:07 AM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 10:07 AM On 2/11/2024 at 4:33 PM, MetroShadow said: Updated to (1) Move the Discussion to "general" (2) I'm lit about the Novas (3) I've been buying all of the Bay Area ones plus CTA. I'm shocked we're not as excited here as, say, any Facebook Forums. lol Did you get the MUNI Nova LFSE with SUNSET destination ?? I grew up in the SF sunset district before moving to Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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