The problem most of us have is that we still remember what things used
to cost! I believe I paid about $145 for my first brass caboose. Later
bought a second, third, and fourth for less either on manufacturers
closeout or used (+-95. To get a new one now you have to add another $100.
But fear not, this will all go away in a few years when we get
'sometimer's disease'!
I think in reality most of us have more stuff than we can handle. The
layout I've been photographing is almost an extreme version of that.
His personal layout is very large, he also is the main supporter of a
very large club layout. Both layouts are filled with his collection
that he constantly adds to. Next to the layout are shelves containing
hundreds of additional items. I was crawling under the layout to find
an outlet and there I discovered a dozen or more brass cars all painted
and weathered. I doubt if the owner remembers them being there as he
is now handicaped. This individual is a tremendous modeler but he
relies on much custom work to progress the way it has.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 11/10/10 12:26 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote:
>
>
> I've kept my nose out of the discussion so far, as I am doubtful I
> shall be buying one of the convention cars, not because of the price
> but because they seem to be a prototype which didn't usually get far
> from the west coast. They are a quite distinctive car and
> characteristic of that region. San Juan has been promising what I
> suspect is the same prototype in O scale, although all their primary
> interest in On3 has kept that on the back burner; estimated prices for
> a kit when and if they arrive is around $100. In styrene.
>
> As I've observed recently, if one wants a particular prototype in S
> scale badly enough, one pays through the nose for brass (and that is
> not a slap at the importers who have risked investments in bringing in
> S scale brass, merely an acknowledgment that the smaller market means
> there are fewer economies of scale). In the case of the car which Ed
> is arranging to produce, it is something not hitherto available in S
> scale (as contrasted with some convention cars which are merely
> repaints of existing commercial cars, not always strictly accurate to
> prototype) and the price is rather less than a comparable brass car
> would have been. I think the real question is how much anyone wants
> this particular car, not what it is going to cost. Naturally, all of
> us would have liked it to sell in the $40-50 range, but that is not
> possible, given the production
> requirements. I was excited when someone mentioned SSA expected to
> have X29 type boxcars eventually; I will not be surprised if those are
> easily in the $40-50 range, but I am prepared to go even a bit higher
> because I can use a few of them.
>
> Jace Kahn
>
> General Manager
> Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
>
>
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