x2 for me also.
Yeah, anyone who only reserved one, please do. Those of you already reserved 3-4, you're good.
I would be willing to get a different road name if it would help push one over the limit.
I ordered the Wheeling and Lake Erie in 3-rail, but I’d also be interested in Conrail, CSX, and BN in that order, with a strong preference for Conrail.
It really surprises me these aren’t more popular since to my knowledge an accurate -2 has never been done in O scale.
Conrail is on the reserve list.
-Crank
@Eccentric Crank posted:Conrail is on the reserve list.
-Crank
Where did you see which roads are on reserve and which aren’t?
@rplst8 posted:Where did you see which roads are on reserve and which aren’t?
Go to bottom of page, it's in the dropbox:
I’m not following... All of the roads I mentioned are in that box. I was saying that if it would help get a specific road made, I would change my existing reservation from W&LE to Conrail.
Do you want W&LE or Conrail? Both are in that list.
Grand Trunk Western and SOO LINE are the roads I would buy. I had to choose WRITE IN then list Grand Trunk Western for the first and SOO LINE for the second SD40-2 ordered. Then I will have wait and see if either of them can be produced.
Andrew
@SPSF posted:Do you want W&LE or Conrail? Both are in that list.
I want W&LE. However, someone mentioned that not enough reservations were received for some roads to trigger Scott to actually do the run of -2s.
I was offering to change my reservation if say W&LE already had more than enough orders, and say Conrail, CSX, and/or GN did not. I'm not sure where that person got the info about which roads do not have enough orders, but if it was made known to everyone, maybe we could get them made by adjusting the orders with peoples 2nd or 3rd choices.
This has been on offer for quite some time and Is obviously stalled. I’m guessing there’s a Total Number Needed but Also a total number of each road needed.
Help us Scott !!! What are the laggards that can be dropped ???? The laggards get counted to the total but if we can switch to a “passing” road then the number can stay level. It a number juggle thing. Others can double their single res.
I’ve MP and Frisco reserved. If Frisco is a laggard, let me know and I’ll switch that reservation to a second MP.
Sounds like ranked choice ordering...
I wouldn't be as concerned with number of reservations per road quite yet. Reserve the road you want. The ultimate question is the total number of units. Scott makes a call on how low he is willing to go on a specific road name to make the total project go.
It took 5 years to get the Amfleet project to go forward, so don't give up hope. If you are on the fence to order a unit go ahead and place your pre-order. Once the reservations start to show a sign of life, the project can then go into formal design.
Perhaps an announcement by 3rd Rail on the regular 3R forum will help.
-Crank
I have 2 reserved. If the price was $900 (same as the Dash 9) I would still be in for 2. If the price increased, would that mean fewer reservations would be required? Of course, some may back out of their original reservation(s)if the price increased $150 per model. I think it’s currently at $750.
@catnap posted:I have 2 reserved. If the price was $900 (same as the Dash 9) I would still be in for 2. If the price increased, would that mean fewer reservations would be required? Of course, some may back out of their original reservation(s)if the price increased $150 per model. I think it’s currently at $750.
It’s currently at 730. I bet when priced, it was a bit higher than other models as it was anticipated to not draw that many reservations. A modest bump to 750 might help, prob won’t loose many subscribers, but won’t help those already watching their budgets. And Price increases don’t attract new buyers.
The problem is, with fewer models at a higher price, as demonstrated above, is that there are too many variations with insufficient reservations for each. If there were 75+ reservations each for ATSF, UP, and BN then it would be very doable for ~$800 each. But there are no more than about 10 reservations for any variation, most are about 5. At 5-10 models per variation you probably looking at $1200-$1500 per model.
@rdunniii posted:The problem is, with fewer models at a higher price, as demonstrated above, is that there are too many variations with insufficient reservations for each. If there were 75+ reservations each for ATSF, UP, and BN then it would be very doable for ~$800 each. But there are no more than about 10 reservations for any variation, most are about 5. At 5-10 models per variation you probably looking at $1200-$1500 per model.
Well this is looking more and more like “Mission Impossible” with an unhappy ending. Perhaps there is just to many of these models out there for buyers to belly up with some serious bucks. Even for what for sure would be a superbly crafted model- it’s stalled and not even close to being launched. I’m not even sure it could launch after a 5 year waiting time frame.
I’d love to see it but I don’t think it’s going to fly. ☹️
So it's 20 reservations short and that is going to cancel the model?
It's really a shame that everything in O needs to be 50 years old and older in order to be made and be made Correctly.
@rdunniii posted:The problem is, with fewer models at a higher price, as demonstrated above, is that there are too many variations with insufficient reservations for each. If there were 75+ reservations each for ATSF, UP, and BN then it would be very doable for ~$800 each. But there are no more than about 10 reservations for any variation, most are about 5. At 5-10 models per variation you probably looking at $1200-$1500 per model.
I'd drop $2,500 for a pair of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2's (2-rail DCC with ESU LokSound). Of course, I don't think anybody else would. 🤣