Pieter, What I was trying to relate was the smallish numbers really
needed once the 'usual engines' have been made. I don't know how
popular Fn3 is but it's obviously not big when it comes to that scale
and the size of this engine. Bear in mind this engine was about 5 ft
long without tender, so one could only imagine what radii it needed.
This engine was a DRG&W 4-10-2 or similar (don't have the photos handy
right now). When I photographed the engine first, several had been sold
as this purchaser was the 'starter money' for the project.
I don't know how many Challengers, Big Boys or Ac's Jess Bennett built
but I image a few dozen total. I think many steam engines wouldn't get
numbers beyond 8 if offered. I would love to have a Milwaukee 2-6-2
Prairie and I could probably find 3 other guys who wanted one, but in
today's world a builder would be charging $3-5000 for one. So I realize
it'll never happen unless I scratch build one. I had a custom made
Southern MS-4 built from many SSL&S parts. I paid somewhat over $300
for it--the guy quit making them. One could rightly assume he didn't
make any money building them. So if he would have charged +- $1500 at
that time, he might be making them today if he could have raised prices
as necessary. Unfortunately none of this stuff fits my budget right now.
Bob Werre
On 11/15/10 12:06 PM, Pieter Roos wrote:
>
> Hi Bob;
>
> Um, if he can sell eight model steam locomotives at $40k a pop, I
> don't see the similarity to our S market....
>
> Pieter E. Roos
>
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