Commissioning a new loco

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wiggy25

Discussion Starter · Jan 13, 2008 (Edited by Moderator)

On RMweb one of the posters would really like the above locomotive.

It just isn't made!!

So he is asking kit manufacturers if they would build a brass kit with the nickel silver chassis etc.
Trying to keep the kit below the £100 and that is complete, the only extra would be paint and transfers.

Lucky for me I don't model any era or area so I can basically run anything I want.....I know it's more than my life's worth!!

This to me is a great idea, a model commissioned by modellers!

He has had some rough quotes for producing such a kit, that will be in OO gauge.
The makers will need to sell between 30-50 at full retail price, to justify the cost, the forum member has said he will underwrite the production costs!!

Just curious to see if anybody on here would be interested in a kit.

Have no idea how long it will take to actually have the kit produced, but to build a kit that has been produced because we as modellers want it sounds good to me!

I have attached a photo of Metropolitan for reference.
One is of a 7mm kit that has now been finished, which is a shame, but lets hope that with our efforts a OO-gauge kit can be made.

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Train Wheel Vehicle Rolling stock Steam engine

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5696Arethusa

· #2 · Jan 13, 2008

Hi Ian
That realy is a great idea. His subject isn't one that I'm after so I wouldn't have one but to have a model that we as modellers actually want would be a good thing and the break even seems low enough to make the whole project worth somebody taking a punt on.
I hope he gets his model as this may lead to a whole new way of models being produced.