@Dennis GS-4 N & W No. 611 posted:I suspect a lot of us who are current tinplate enthusiasts likely had postwar trains growing up, and fell in love with tinplate later in time. When you add a saturated tinplate marketplace with a declining group of potential customers, that doesn't bode well for demand.
I agree that seems likely over time. The demand is strong right now though. Any MTH 400E with PS 3.0 goes for at least $1000 on ebay.
Just like Mr. Muffins is doing custom runs in O, Al at Sidetrack should do a custom run 400E (or whatever). Why not? If he doesn't get the minimum orders, then it doesn't get made. I bet it would get made though.