Agreed and I would not expect a price near that of HO as long as it was within reason (which has a different meaning to each of us).
Once we have a range for a price we can commit or not. Compared to brass this would be reasonable at least but not compared to HO. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 3/4/2011 2:33 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote: > > > I'd guess that those HO cars selling for $20 or so are injection > molded; although the cost of cutting the dies is high, the actual cost > of production > is quite low. With limited-run urethane-cast kits, the main cost in > preparation is creating the master (which Jim King apparently > facilitates with > his rapid-prototyping process), but there is a significant unit cost > in actual production, as resin kits need to be handcast. And as Jim > points out, > a fair amount of his kit cost comes from having to buy components he > cannot produce himself. > In this case, we probably cannot expect Smoky Mountain (or Kaslo or > similar operations) to run at a loss or even as non-profits, so the costs > will be higher than mass-produced styrene cars (manufactured either in > the US or Asia) although lower than brass. I can't imagine we shall > ever see high-quality S scale cars in the $20-30 range. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, > "SMMW" <jimking3@...> wrote: > > > > > > All of the recent chatting re: "what we need .", fails to include > one KEY > > > element: profitability for the manufacturer. In the case of the > >MILW ribbed side box, HO is filled with offerings from > > > various manufacturers over the years, including a current mfr who's > > > producing the car in several configurations for less than $20 RTR. > > > > If he can make a profit on an HO car for $20 could he also make a > profit on an S car for say $40? Now folks will say there's no market > for the S car but in reality the market not existing is why there is > no market for the S car. Folks buy lots of HO cars which are smaller > than S cars and they buy lots of O cars which are bigger than S cars > so logically why wouldn't they buy more S cars if they were > available?....dave > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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/
