The AccuCraft line and its related subgroups offers some quite exquisite locomotives and rolling stock even less expensively (although still not peanuts). I saw their Fn3 K-27 at the narrow gage convention and it took my breath away; the figure $2500 sticks in my mind.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:48:25 -0800 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Scale steam was RE: I get it... > > Hi Bob; > > I did actually get that, in fact I suspect it's rather smaller than S scale > in size. I don't think you would get too many bites on a non-brass S steam > locomotive at > $5000... > > Then again, check out Fine Art Models hand crafted 1/32 scale train models > > http://www.fineartmodels.com/pages/index.asp?content_area=3&sub_area=10&product_area=10 > > A bit under $10k for some of the larger ones, and mostly sold out... > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Mon, 11/15/10, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Scale steam was RE: I get it... > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: "Pieter Roos" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, November 15, 2010, 2:27 PM > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [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: [email protected] [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/
