12-03-2009, 11:11 AM
nkp_174 Wrote:I'm currently working on several sets of masters for an On3 resin passenger car business. I've made it a rule not to photograph the molds and masters...only the resin castings. I'm saving that for an article or such. I don't exactly see any competition for the cars I'm working on...there isn't enough demand for them to attract commercial products. I started down this path a year ago. I was planning to do a series of 4 identical South Park coaches. It makes more sense to cast them as opposed to fabricating each of them...and since the molds are good for around 50 cars, I might as well offer them for sale to help cover my costs/increase the variety of passenger cars on the market. Now, I have a laundry list of cars to do...none have ever been commercially offered.
Great idea to make a few kits to sell. I doubt you will get rich selling a few models, but a small run of 45 cars probably will sell and let you recoup your costs as well as pick up a little extra to buy more models or modeling supplies. Modern stuff that is common to many railroads and many regions of the country will probably be mass produced eventually by large manufacturers, but narrow gauge stuff that tends to be home built by the railroad locally and not used by anyone else probably has a limited appeal to the large manufacturers, unless somebody like Bachmann happens to pick it out to offer in their On30 line because it is "cute" or whatever reason they use to select what they offer.