Please go to this site. www.tocmp.com/pix/Ford/index.htm Please select three (only) autos you would purchase if they were available in Z scale. Send your selections identifying Make/Model/Year to SHOP@SEARAILS.COM by November 15, 2006. If there is a M/M/Y that would produce a significant number of units (minimum of 100 each) we will make that selection, AND hold the price to $5.00 each IF WE CAN. We'll post the results here and on the Yahoo Z list. Jim
Just noticed we could pick from more than Ford. Hmmmmm hard to pick 3: 49' ford 49' mercury 52' chevy I'm flexible. I'd like from 45'-55', but will tank anything from 35'-60'. And Thanks for considering doing these.
It looks like this is not an option but I'd be all for making a '69 Dodge Charger. I have a Dukes of Hazard Scene on my N scale layout and would like to replicate this in Z scale. Any possibility of doing a '69 Charger, Daisy's Jeep, Uncle Jessie's Truck, Rosco/ Enis/ Cleatus' Patrol Cars, Boss Hogg's Car, and Cooter's Tow Truck? I know you wouldn't be able to offer them prepainted due to Warner Bros Copyright issues, but just a thought I'd like to see become a reality.
Being very crazy about the steam era myself, I'd go for the '36 Ford (the one with the dogs in the picture), also the '30 Ford Town Car, and especially, above all, the Model A---there's a guy down the street from me with two Model A's in his garage, and he drives them on holidays. I know that last detail was slightly off topic, but the Model A Ford WAS pretty iconic, and got started around 1927, just at the dawn of the age of really great steamers (Hudsons on the NYC, Berkshires on the Erie, Challengers on the UP, etc.) was approaching. And there were still Model A's around during the time of early diesels.
Jim, 63 Corvette Stingray convertable 57 T-Bird Ford Crown Victoria I know the first two may be limited but they would make a nice flat car load. 58 Ford station wagon Chevy Belair Fred
I want a Honda Odyssey, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda Accord, and a Honda Pilot. I am sure Miicheal R wants a Civic hybrid.
I'd vote for: 1957 Chevy (2 door hardtop) http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Chev/1957/index.html http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Chevrolet/images/57Chev1.jpg 1959 Chevy Impala http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Chev/1959/pages/59-02_jpg.htm 1963 Corvette split window http://www.vintagecorvettes.com/63red.html
3D model files Very neat stuff here Chris. I wonder if these files are usable by the RP folks like Jim Shiff of Searails. randy
I looked them over and there are a dozen or more old style cars in their assortment. Also it looks like you can download the files in more than a dozen different formats, with .STL files of both binary and acsii downloads available. My only question is, can these type of files be scaled to size just like a Corel Draw type file can be scaled? I know nothing about 3d drawings yet, and have less than 10 hours free time a week now to persue them, so I hope someone experienced will step up with an answer. Jim? Mark Gasson?
RP availability of '50s Chevy Bel Aire Hi ALL, We are replying positively, and with enthusiasm, to ALL of your input and site/url references. This will be an exciting collaborative effort for Z scale! We also encourage all the other 3D modelers to participate and compete - nothing will help the market more than healthy completion. A word of caution regarding unrealistic expectations (please note that Rob Kluz and Jim Shiff have been having this ongoing conversation for at least three years). SEARAILS writes for, and uses, ACAD, MicroStation, SolidWorks and Vectorworks. (Sorry, CorelDraw or Illustrator aren't used by professional CAD drafters - this is not meant to be arrogant or in anyway hurtful, just a reflection of our forty year's experience.) There is a confusion of expectations in the Z scale community regarding the relationships among the levels of detail, attainable precision, cost/price, and production capabilities. That is why (as may be seen in SEARAILS publication of the stages of development for the 60' LPG "Whale Belly" Tank Car, and Tim Buhring's development of his Mi-Jack) we will continue to build only those models meeting the acceptance of progressive disclosures of development, and only in the volumes COMMITED by the market. Anything else (for us, at least) is bad business practices, and the reason we are discontinuing our structures line. Enough of lecturing, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO START, AND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN, AN OFF TOPIC THREAD REGARDING THIS SUBJECT! Suffice to say that SEARAILS will attempt to build an RP mid-'50s Chevy Bel Aire in Z scale @ $5.00 undecorated and $15.00 painted. We hope to release it, after market review and the required input AND firm commitment, some time in early '07. We will ask for a 50% deposit when we have produced and published pictures of our first RP model. We'll keep you informed of our progress on a bi-weekly basis. If successful as both a model and a revenue generator, we will then build other cars and trucks to specification from a list we will publish based on YOUR RESPONSES to this original request (please ask your other Z scale friends to participate - the more input, the better the product!) ALSO, (this is a repeat from 2004) if there is any model that is desired that can be produced in RP volumes of 100 units or more (if commercially profitable), we will be glad to build a limited edition at a market acceptable price for a minimum development charge of $500. Be specific, be accurate, be collaborative with other Z scalers. Thanks for your continued support of Z scale. Jim
I just posted those links because I found them elsewhere and wondered if they could help. I don't know if they are compatible or if they can be simplified to work in Z. The 50' Chevy Bel Air sounds good and lets say 33 people each buy 3 of them, that would work out for Searails and sound realistic. I don't want every car on my layout to be the same model, but 3, 4, or 5 sounds OK to me.
Thaks guys! This is looking good. Right ideas for cooperation and collaboration. BTW its a '50s(?) Bel Aire, net yet determined exact year - probably the easiest to do for the first one. Hope that's all right! Jim
