Re: Be a patron of the narrow gauge model building arts??

Posted by Geoff Hamway on Oct 28, 2021; 3:13pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Be-a-patron-of-the-narrow-gauge-model-building-arts-tp17065p17070.html

Hi Jim --

I certainly can't fault Bill for asking interested parties to share the risk on marginal projects.  Let's face it -- the "low-hanging fruit" of higher volume freight car projects has already been picked, and it's really hard to predict sales in our little market niches.

Personally, I'm glad Bill is offering this option, for entirely selfish reasons.  I DON'T need 20-30 3000-series boxcars (it's a small yard, Jim!), but I DO need more than I have and more than I have time to kitbash.  I have literally no idea if anyone else will buy any, but this program would save me enough time to be worthwhile to me anyway.  So I'm in ...

Bill has a page on his website where he lists the current projects (https://leadvilledesigns.com/collections/modelers-co-op-dashboard).  You'll see that there IS a project for the 3000-series boxcar, funded for Sn3.  First on the list, though, is the 1885 DSP&P waycar, funded for all 3 scales, which should tickle the fancies of some on this forum.  I'm very interested to see how all this plays out!

Geoff Hamway

P.S.  Sadly, this particular form of arts patronage is NOT tax-deductible!