Finally! A waycar update

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Modern stuff that is common to many railroads and many regions of the country will probably be mass produced eventually by large manufacturers

Yep! The post-WWII D&RGW stuff has been done so many times, I really couldn't care less about any of it. Dozens of 3000 series boxcars, plenty of Chili Line and San Juan coaches, and a gajillion C-16s. To my knowledge, only twice have the C-16s been offered in their prettier 19th century form (Class 60 2-8-0s). Many standard design narrow gauge pieces have never been offered: Brooks 2-6-0s, Porter-Bell 0-6-0s, Barney & Smith coaches, or have only been offered once: 24' D&RG boxcars, Baldwin 8-18Cs/Ds.

I don't care much for dilapidated, backwoods NG operations. I like well-maintained, mainline NG operations...especially in the 1870s and 1880s. I enjoy the work of prolific builders such as Barney & Smith, Billmeyer & Smalls, Carter Brothers, and Pullman. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a chicken or the egg situation with modeling these roads/eras. Few manufacturers have ever offered much for these roads/eras because there are few modelers...and there are few modelers, because there is so little commercial support.

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.

I've noticed that many NG modelers run D&RGW equipment, not because they want to, but because that is all that is out there. Now, we see the same thing with the B-man On30 rolling stock. Knowing a number of modelers whom would prefer non-D&RGW equipment, it just makes sense to take that extra step and create molds from my styrene masters. The fact that I cannot come close to purchasing enough supplies to feed my hobby engine, especially when resin casting, makes the small profit angle highly desirable. After all, how else will I be able to afford that Tsunami equipped Tweetsie 4-6-0 to pull my planned Stemwinder varnish!