Bowser Loco Kits

[nachoman]

the market does not support conversion kits - all has to be ready to run in HO and N

I think I understand. I have often thought about making some kind of simple mold and casting a half dozen cars in resin that I need for my railroad. I have often thought of recovering some of my equipment costs by casting additional cars, and selling them as kits. And then I thought I could make a small line, of conversion boilers or what-not. But then I think people may not like drilling their own holes and installing their own grab irons. Or they may complain that a rivet is misplaced. But the reality is, the cost I would have to charge per kit would be almost as much as someone could get a similar piece as RTR. I can't compete. Even if Bowser produced a accurate USRA 2-8-2 - at the cost they sell them for, they couldn't compete with those that sell RTR. People would rather pay that extra hundred bucks than spend a few weeks assembling one themselves.