Frankly, we pay the builder by the car, not whether they are shorter or longer. And we pay the design team per car design, so that's where the extra costs creep in for the 042 design. But... maybe your right. The non scale cars should be a little less retail than the full scale cars, just to keep the peace. Where the 042 run helps is in the total quantity. We need at least a 300 car order for all the costs to work. I'll be putting an ad in the next issue of OGR and on the web site in the coming days. There is very little in tooling costs on Aluminum cars. The main expense is labor. Each car has to be handled by hand, sanded, painted several times to get all the tool marks off. The interiors are all hand assembled, glued, painted. Assembly, all by hand. Decals hand applied. Here's what it looks like at the design studio and production facility.
