@SANTIAGOP23 posted:The argument that more modern stuff will sell more stands rebutted by how long it has taken 3rd Rail to make those unattractive sd40s. If you guys want these nice stuff, you better reach deep into your pockets.
Unfortunately in my very humble opinion the two are not related.
The SD40-2 is the equivalent of the Pennsy x29 box car. Both are required items for those modeling their time periods. Modelers need them.
Yet there is no demand for a model of the SD40-2 (one of the most popular and finest EMD locomotives produced and still earning it's keep) and the x29 box cars are either generic plastic Atlas, which are OK, or old brass Lhee Do which are generic brass. Market saturated, those are "good enough"
Logically speaking, there should have been a series of Pacific Limited quality x29 box cars done, in all of the correct PRR variants, but no demand exists.
Thus the conundrum of what is needed versus what is wanted versus what is popular and sells.
Big boys, Cab forwards, Alleghenies, latest production EMD/GEs, and obscure three dome tank cars sell.
Common auto racks, well cars or accurate x29 boxcars or basic black UTLX X-3 tank cars are lacking.
