A Quick Look: Atlas N 1993 Ford Explorer SUV 5th Run Review

Officially licensed models of Ford Motor Company's popular first generation (1991 - 1994) mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV), formally announced on January 21, 2020, the highly anticipated fifth run of N-Scale Atlas 1993 Ford Explorers arrived on dealer shelves in August 2021.

Along with third runs of the unlettered orange, white, and yellow variations, the latest model release includes eight new paint schemes: Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Canadian National, Chicago North Western System, Conrail, Guilford Rail System, RJ Corman Derailment Services LLC, and Sperry Rail Service.

Atlas 60 000 052 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Unlettered Orange

Atlas 60 000 053 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Unlettered White

Atlas 60 000 054 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Unlettered Yellow

Atlas 60 000 134 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Santa Fe

Atlas 60 000 135 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Burlington Northern

Atlas 60 000 136 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Canadian National

Atlas 60 000 137 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Chicago North Western System

Atlas 60 000 138 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Conrail

Atlas 60 000 139 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Guilford Rail System

Atlas 60 000 140 1993 Ford Explorer SUV RJ Corman Derailment Services LLC

Atlas 60 000 141 1993 Ford Explorer SUV Sperry Rail Service

Priced $3.00 higher than the $29.95 MSRP for two unlettered blister card packed models, the lettered versions have an MSRP of $32.95 a pair.

Introduced in 2008, the only fully assembled and factory decorated model of a contemporary North American built SUV currently produced in N-Scale, the plastic Atlas 1993 Ford Explorers are nicely fabricated with a pair of exterior side view mirrors and a roof rack integrated into the body, a muffler and mounted spare tire with a silver painted rim molded into the chassis, a detailed interior with a simulated steering wheel, seats, and a cover over the aft storage area, free-rolling wheels with silver painted rims and simulated rubber tires, black painted moldings around the windows, black painted trim on the silver bumpers and the interior edges of the roof rack, separately applied head and tail light lenses, and a simulated rotary beacon on the roofs of most of the railway service vehicles.

Pair of Atlas 60 000 053 Unlettered White 1993 Ford Explorer SUVs in an N-Scale Diorama

With item stock numbers, colors and/or paint schemes, the online "Atlas All-Scales Archive of "N Master Rolling Stock" has a page that is dedicated to all of the N and HO Scale 1993 Ford Explorers that have been released thus far.

Eventually, I am hoping Atlas will rerun some or all of the eight metallic colored private owner Explorers from the first and second production runs.

Exquisitely detailed, the Atlas 1993 Ford Explorers are must have models for dioramas, modules, and/or train layouts depicting a contemporary post-1992 era.

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