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Brass is great if one can afford it. Since perhaps more than half of modelers
in S are near retirement age or already retired, they may be able to afford
another brass beauty. I suspect, however, that the economy has taken its toll
on them as well: The money just doesn't go as far as it did, leaving less
disposable income in the pocket.
For those modelers in S scale who are still working incomes are probably
stretched making house payments, car payments, buying groceries--anyone notice
higher prices at the supermarket lately? And so it goes.
Perhaps many modelers in S scale are still able to siphon off enough cash for a
brass model costing more than $1000.00. Lord love 'em if they can, and perhaps
enough of them exist to make a brass locomotive a viable project. No denying
those brass products look terrific, works of art, one might say. As for
me--and possibly for many others--the only way I'll ever find a brass
locomotive is if I come across a Claude Wade USRA light Mike at a train show,
most likely one still in the box and never assembled.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, we still have plastic. A close friend who models
in HO and I have noticed how detailed plastic models are these days,
competitors with brass in detail. If someone is going to do a locomotive, how
about something more generic than an NYC J1. Now don't get ticked off: If
enough people want a beautiful NYC J1 in whatever medium, I say go for it, but
I wonder at the prcticality of it in brass.
Tom
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