Gentlemen, Jim King stated the last time this was brought up that he
wasn't interested in the car at all. Reason was several versions are
newly available in HO and he needed to do both versions to be feasible!
So it looks like the only way to do such a project is to find a
different builder or do some kind of guarantee to Mr. King. Remember
he's running a business, while we're running a hobby.
I am one who models the Milwaukee as one of my four core railroads, so
that car is the backbone of my fleet. So I own several of the 40 fta
cars and one 50 ft. Love them (along with my Milwaukee Road cabooses,
thanks Jim & Dan), but as a kid during the grain rush I'd see 30-40 of
those cars on a train. You try and hang 7 of those heavy brass cars on
my trains with some plastic cars mixed in and it's almost like real
railroading where you have to watch your slack action, stringlining and
other factors! So I could use some of the earlier versions also and
also to just lighten up the load.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 1/2/12 9:09 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hey Tom,
Good to hear from you.
Double the price is wildly optimistic, IMHO--I would wager that any
brass version would be at least $250, likely significantly more!
Also, remember that the B & O wagon top had been done in brass, but
still managed to generate numbers for SMMW.
I like the idea of the earlier version as well.
BTW, have you ever seen one of the kits Hoquat Hobbies used to have of
these cars? I'm assuming they were pretty primitive (how about that
alliteration, professor?), but have never laid eyes on one.
Cheers,
Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Baker <[email protected] <mailto:bakert%40andrews.edu>>
To: S-Scale <[email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 3:32 am
Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Milw rib side boxcar again
Colin,
To date it has not developed beyond the idea stage. I believe that we
collected about 35 or40 orders from 27 interested parties. Regretably,
that did not meet the required 100 orders. If we could still garner
100 orders, we would be delighted to go at it again. This was for a
plastic resin kit from Smokey Mountain Modelworks.
Perhpas we can find a way to do the project in an alternative medium.
That is something to consider.
Tom
