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PRR Urethane kit project
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Bill Lane
I am looking for a person or group of people in another scale to piggyback
and share expenses for a PRR urethane freight car kit I am trying to get started with a high end manufacturer. It is not economically viable to go it alone and carry all the costs in S Scale only. Costs would be divided. You would have to buy all of the kits in your scale. I am buying the all of the kits in S Scale. They would come boxed with instructions ready for sale but without trucks, couplers and decals. I would assist in getting the proper decals made if and when the time comes. My preference would be for someone that is interested in marketing it in HO but it really does not matter to me. My choices for the other scale are HO or O - sorry not N Scale. I understand this car has been made previously in urethane in HO (possibly in Brass - I am not sure) and O Scale in brass by Pacific Limited but perhaps there is room and a market for a new offering now. Maybe you have wanted "to make something" but do not want to do all the heavy lifting involved with a project. Here is your chance to get your name on a box. If things are successful there could be more coming in the future. I am looking at getting hopefully 3 versions of this car made. The car era spans from the 1920s to the 50s. Sorry if I am not being more forthcoming about what the car is but I will give more details to those that are truly interested. as I am mass emailing to get a wide audience. Please be sincere. I can makePlease reply ***directly*** to bill@... << with your interest this project happen pretty quickly with the proper co-partner. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL |
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Al and Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>
Bill – I don’t want to dampen your enthusiasm but there are few economies of scale in urethane production. New patterns would be required for each scale. Once the problem of making one scale is solved, patterns would probably be somewhat easier in another, a small saving. Each kit is individually poured, so each kit will cost X dollars whether you order 10 or 100.. You would save money only on research and instruction printing. Of course if the pattern is made by CAD and rapid prototyping, then additional scales are much easier but the up front investment is higher. – Al Westerfield
From: Bill Lane Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:58 AM To: PRR Modeling ; O Scale Modelers ; O Trains ; Steam Era Freight cars ; P 48 ; Pennsylvania Railroad ; brasscollectors@... Subject: [STMFC] PRR Urethane kit project I am looking for a person or group of people in another scale to piggyback and share expenses for a PRR urethane freight car kit I am trying to get started with a high end manufacturer. It is not economically viable to go it alone and carry all the costs in S Scale only. Costs would be divided. You would have to buy all of the kits in your scale. I am buying the all of the kits in S Scale. They would come boxed with instructions ready for sale but without trucks, couplers and decals. I would assist in getting the proper decals made if and when the time comes. My preference would be for someone that is interested in marketing it in HO but it really does not matter to me. My choices for the other scale are HO or O - sorry not N Scale. I understand this car has been made previously in urethane in HO (possibly in Brass - I am not sure) and O Scale in brass by Pacific Limited but perhaps there is room and a market for a new offering now. Maybe you have wanted "to make something" but do not want to do all the heavy lifting involved with a project. Here is your chance to get your name on a box. If things are successful there could be more coming in the future. I am looking at getting hopefully 3 versions of this car made. The car era spans from the 1920s to the 50s. Sorry if I am not being more forthcoming about what the car is but I will give more details to those that are truly interested. as I am mass emailing to get a wide audience. Please be sincere. I can makePlease reply ***directly*** to mailto:bill%40lanestrains.com << with your interest this project happen pretty quickly with the proper co-partner. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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