Guys,
While this car is road-specific to Southern, it does resemble other unit coal gons over the years. I have produced nearly 1000 of these HO over the past many years but never gave much thought to an S scale version because (1) it's modern (built 1960), (2) is road-specific and (3) didn't interchange. If there is interest in seeing this car in S, I would consider producing a limited run of body-only kits at as low of a price as possible. A kit would include a 1-pc resin body, underframe, cast details, brass weight, decals (Vermillion and Green) and instructions. Applicable trucks are my 100-ton Barber's (or something else to suit your preference). I would consider designing brake gear parts and including those as urethane castings but steps, brake wheel, grabs and ladders won't be included. I think I can make this kit (as outlined above) for about $40 each if I can get at least 50 reservations. Since the HO CAD files exists, it's only a matter of upscaling them, making some tweaks to more accurately S scale dimensions, then buying SLAs (that's the expensive part). Go to my web site to see the HO pilot model and 2 proto pix. Here's the link: http://www.smokymountainmodelworks.com/SR_silverside_gons.html Jim King Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. Ph. (828) 777-5619 <www.smokymountainmodelworks.com> [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/
