Jerry, I have given up on trying to figure out what would be an acceptable, widely attractive passenger car for S scale folks, in kit form or otherwise.
Seems that there were so many versions of so many cars that when one gets right down to it, there is little consensus. I, for instance, would like to see the appropriate heavyweight and/or streamlined versions of UP, ATSF, Rock Island and Chicago & Alton. My best guess is that the best seller might be the NYC and ATSF, with Pennsylvania thrown in for good measure. I am not expert enough to say how much crossover there might be among the roads. Problem is, though who are the most expert are your biggest market. Others will have more and better input. For my layout still in my head, some scale length 80-footers would be OK, no matter if the X railroad did or did not run a particular type of baggage, OB or RPO car. I have always thought that what MIGHT work is to produce just the cars for whatever roads that were similar, and there were some I'm sure, and produce an undecorated car, making available various accessories such as antenna, etc., to customize for a particular road. But what do I know...? Best of luck, and I will watch the progress of posts with interest. Cheers :) Roy Inman From: Jerry Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:13:02 +0000 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S standard turn of the century (1900) passenger kits or? Hi Roy, I recognize you name. I was president of the Denver Narrow Gauge Circle club a couple of years ago. they speak narrow gauge! anyway, thanks for the heads up. What I understand is that there are NO passenger car kits, per say, for 1900+ - . I have developed and sold resin kits (Sn2 WWF and am working on a couple of for On3 & On30). I am considering making a laser or resin kit for some "older" passenger cars. I would consider some input on what might me more sale-able to the general S scale masses(?). Any thoughts? Jerry Wilson Longmont, CO 720-353-8608 --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> , roy inman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jerry; > > Welcome to the group :) > > I lived in Colorado near Parker for three years. It was kind of hard to > return to the flatlands of Kansas... > > Good luck finding passenger car kits. > > Old timers to S will have some ideas on stuff issued way back, but since I > have been active in S the past ten years or so, I have seen nothing new in > the way of kits. > > The S Fest in Milwaukee in November would be a place to start, as would the > Yahoo group, Available S gauge. > > Just from reading the posts, what most people seem to be doing is buying AM > or similar cars and then getting styrene sides made by a company that others > will recall, and then doing extensive "kit" bashing. > > Cheers :) > > Roy Inman > > From: Jerry Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:48:40 +0000 > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: {S-Scale List} S standard turn of the century (1900) passenger kits > or? > > > Hi, I am new to S standard gauge and want to build a couple of 'scale' > passenger and/or pullman cars. Craftsman kits are OK. RTR is OK. Does > anybody make such a thing. I looked at BTS and Labell kits, but no > passenger cars. > Jerry Wilson Longmont, CO 80501 > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
