Ted S posted:rheil posted:Sorry but this is not going to happen. We need to do 100 steam locomotives in 2 and 3 rail combined and the 2 rail market is tapped out with the Bultmann model.
Gee that's a pretty hard shutdown. Let's forget about 2-rail for now, as you said they have other choices. If the OP came to Scott with 20 signatures on a petition for a 3-rail model, perhaps he would be willing to post the project for reservations. Show some photos of the handsome, rugged prototype. Perhaps 80 more Hi-railers would see it and commit to buy, thus the project would be approved.
OK, point taken. So how about YOU coming up with at least 20 reservations/order for 3-Rail models. Then, there STILL must be sufficient reservations/orders from the 2-Rail SCALE modelers.
I would say that's a more likely scenario in the next 20 years than new tooling for a die-cast model. A Lionel "brass hybrid" could also be a possibility, based on the Reading T1 chassis. Hopefully they would tool up new driving wheels, because both runs of T1s are rolling around on Milwaukee S3 drivers :-(
Rich it's your business, but I'm disappointed that you're not more open to ideas and feedback from potential customers.
Except,,,,,,,,,,there really is NOT enough "potential customers" for either a Western Maryland 4-8-4 nor a Leigh Valley 4-8-4 (both being fairly similar prototypes) in either 3-Rail or 2-Rail SCALE! Such is the realities of the current business.
