Kits with much more expensive molds than flats have been produced in S for far less than $200/unit. SMMW, Kaslo and BTS have done it. It seems rather than speculating about costs before hand we research and then opine.
$200 scares me off. I've purchased kits from Kaslo, BTS and SMMW in the $65 to $85 range. While steep by my stingy standards I've put out because they are cars that I wanted on my layout. They wouldn't be a $200. Please see the SSTOT list per my other post on this list for discussion there. Ben Trousdale --- In [email protected], "Michael Eldridge" <meldridge@...> wrote: > > I'm going to float a guess that the parts for a 50 ft boxcar created as a > "flat kit" by Shapeways (3D printing company) would be over $200. That raises > a couple of questions, even if Michael O. is willing to donate his CAD time > (which is a considerable number of hours). > 1. Would you pay $200 for a flat kit? > 2. Would you expect all the detail parts to come with it? > 3. Is someone going to cast this as a commercial venture? > > It might be more feasible to work out some kind of work split with an > established vendor like Jim King. Maybe Jim can comment on what it would look > like for him if he got CAD drawings for free. Maybe Michael O. could use > Shapeways to verify that the drawings produced a buildable car, and Jim or > someone could take it from there. > > BTW, Shapeways has a "store" so that if they have produced parts once, others > can order direct from them. > > -Michael Eldridge > -Current project - trying to get photos of a library to create an interior > for a law office. > ------------------------------------ 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/
