@jonnyspeed posted:Hi Beth,
With all due respect, I really don't understand what you are shooting for here. You are asking for interest but you aren't really giving enough detail.
I might be interested in a 2R SW9 in the 1963 EL paint. Now if you tell me who is building it and what features and details it will have then I'd move closer to a more definite YES. If I knew this was an Atlas remake that would make me comfortable of the mechanics and then it comes down to Railroads and schemes. You picked the most obscure EL paint version out there, for example, which while not my favorite I would take 2 of. I'd also take 2 in pure Erie, 2 in EL Maroon/gray, 2 in Chessie, and 2 in B&O Blue/Yellow if you made them. I'd need to know what it was I was buying before I would be willing to commit though.
For what it's worth...
I ran a poll on the 2 Rail O scale Facebook page a while back to help gauge interest for a potential SW1 project with Sunset/3rd Rail. The results of that poll for a newly tooled SW1 with DCC/Sound in 2R at $700 ea. came to a minimum of 118 units with many people wanting multiple road numbers of the same scheme. This is my point though... How many of those would have been real orders? Nobody knows. Scott has never announced the project so there is no way to accept or track preorders. Right now it's just the results of an internet poll. Much like this thread.
In my humble opinion I think the best way to gauge interest is to do what importers have done since this hobby started. Do the research, crunch the numbers, put up the details of the project and take preorders. That's the only way to know if you have the support or not.
If you had product in stock to sell me today in Erie, EL, B&O, and Chessie that was accurate, ran well, and looked good I would purchase 6 at $450.
BTW... If you decided to do SW1's I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have much problem moving 100 units. Just saying.
I've helped push a few projects and there are 2 reasons why you cannot disclose "who" is willing to consider manufacturing. The main reason is that if the MFG decides not to produce the model, they don't want to receive a bunch of calls and emails. Another reason is the rules of the OGR Forum. Depending on who the MFG is; you may or may not be allowed to mention them by name.
Of the 3 projects I helped push, 2 are a go. That's a 66.6% success rate, so don't be discouraged too much.
