Gentlemen, Just to make sure that no misunderstanding in my comments about either Jim King or Ted Schnepf may be inferred from my comments. Jim King is an excellent person to deal with. In fact, he and I have been talking about the Tennessee Central box car in resin for S. And Ted Schnepf is an excellent modeler. I, too, am uncertain as to whether he used CAD on the Milwaukee rib-side in O or whether he or someone whom he knows created a master and took it from there. Both men are in business to make a profit. Unlike the Wall-Street occupiers, I do not fault them for that. I have been laboring under the impression that making a profit is what should be happening. So credit to both men for their skills and their business acumen.
Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Bob Werre [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Milw rib side boxcar again 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]<mailto:[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 ------------------------------------ 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/
