It is being reported in the Swiss Hag Forum and on other German language forums that Piko and it's Swiss importer Arwico have announced some new models for 2018 - 2019.

The models include EWI coaches and restaurant cars in various liveries and versions as well as the RBe 4/4 and RBe 540 Triebwagen.
Here is a link to the original post in the Hag Forun: https://www.forum.hag-in...postID=135815#post135815

Production will also include a new model of the EWII BDt in green and NPZ liveries.

The EWI coaches were original available from Lima starting in the 1980s. The same molds were used to produce models by Hag. More recently, Liliput released models that were likely reverse engineered from the Lima model). The RBe 4/4 (540) was released as a model by Lima in the late 1980s, as was the BDt pilot coach with close couplings.

LS Models had previously announced future models of the RBe 4/4 (540) and the EWI Dt/DZt pilot coach as well as the EWI Restaurant cars.
How this new announcement will affect LSM's production plans is not known.

What I would like to see is for the RBe 4/4 (540) model to have a motor that is not visible through the windows. There has been a lot of progress in miniature motors since the Lima model came out over a quarter century ago. I would also like to see the model come with the closed connection to render a seamless connection between motor coach and consist.

Regards

Mike C

Such a construction was also presented by ARWICO and PIKO in yesterday's CAD drawings.

http://www.arwico.ch/Por...load/RBe44%20Katalog.pdf

Enjoy

Mike C

I think that these models are commissioned by Arwico and manufactured by Piko, much in the same way that PiRATA or Lemke commission models that are manufactured by LS Models.
The NPZ models will be released by Arwico and will not be distributed by Piko. I do not know specifics of how this is being done.
Arwico is already distributor for both Liliput and Lima, both companies with prior models of EWI coaches. Lima had previously made models of the RBe 4/4 (540) and EWII BDt pilot coach as well as the EWI Restaurant.
What would be really nice would be if Arwico/Piko released models of the BLS EWI with the prototypical narrow doors. Prior models by Hag, Lima and Liliput all had the incorrect SBB NPZ type doors.

Regards

Mike C