@GG1 4877 posted:Tooling for aluminum is fairly simple and can be done out of a garage or small workshop.
It would be interesting to acquire the tooling for the cars and make them scale proportion. A punch tool for new windows is a few thousand dollars. Not cheap but not like injection tooling. Overall, they are about the same width and height of the Lionel cars so not scale. I like the pantographs on the Welz cars a great deal for what they are.
Things get lost over time, so I am just happy to hear that the molds are still around.
I would be very happy if Scott picked up this project but my one concern with the scale/semi-scale debate is if these get made in scale proportions, there are not as many people who have the larger layouts to run them. In my mind, the ideal scenario is Lionel utilizing their cab car (0-36 min) and rework it so the proverbial net can be cast to a larger group in an already niche hobby. Just my two cents
Bryce
