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Re:(erielack) Re: Rapido
Well, I guess I have to comment.
1. I welcome Jason's evaluation of the situation and his explanation of Rapido's approach. I agree that the Rapido cars are among the best HO cars available at the price, if not THE best.
2. I did not start this thread. I am bemused and a little disappointed at the silence of the one who did. He asked, ". . . or is there more to the story?"
3. I reponded that yes, the overriding concern is sales. Jason has said that; everyone else has said that; but I said it first! We are all sophisticated enough to recognize the tremendous costs involved in bringing any model to market.
4. I did not use the word "Bogus." Jason did. I said "Fantasy", a word direct from the Rapido website.
5. I then expressed my view that using a real number on a fantasy car was misleading. I felt that Rapido could have followed the lead of the groups that restore real railroad equipment to a prototype paint scheme and then number the piece one up from the last real one. Why not? Tim Stuy has mentioned his wish that ELDCPS could offer a model of EL 741. Perhaps he should get together with Jason: a little pad work would produce an EL 741 on a highly detailed high quality passenger car that everybody would be glad to buy. Accurate? Well . . .
6. Finally, I hope that we will all remember this discussion the next time we devote megabytes to the correct placement of lettering or the correct shade of maroon on the nose decal or whether a specific piece of equipment was appropriate for a specific time period.
Randy Brown
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Hi all,
. . .I joined because I would like to reply to Randy's comments directly on the Rapido thread.
Randy, you are welcome to front the tooling costs and we will make accurate cars for every paint scheme, including Erie. ;-)
With passenger car tooling approaching six figures per car, the only way to break even in this business is to paint them in as many paint schemes as possible. . .
I hear comments like Randy's all the time, and I know I will not convince everyone of the economic realities of this industry. . .
Regards,
Jason
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