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The vast majority is probably rent/property taxes. With a distant second benchwork (lumber). Half a mile of 2-rail O-scale track (3-4 mainlines in a 200 foot l
by mykehunt 1y ago
The vast majority is probably rent/property taxes. With a distant second benchwork (lumber).
Half a mile of 2-rail O-scale track (3-4 mainlines in a 200 foot loop) at today's pricing is under $8 a foot retail. In bulk and pre-pandemic well under $10k total. Considering the budget his roster of engines and rolling stock seems questionable.
Outside of collectable Lionel. Even the high end, magnificent museum quality KOHS brass compounded steam engine will run you ~$8,500. While he is running diesel.
I can understand the appeal of mainline/realistic operations. O-scale has its limitations (normally space) but an NTRAK meet up shows more creativity.
The clip of him using the knock-off Faller Grassmaster is kind of funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Mcgp6Dtq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Mcgp6Dtq8
- mykehunt 1y agoYou don't need a warehouse to scratch that itch. You can run an O-scale GG1 or Big Boy in the living room of a modest Manhattan apartment. They look great on a bookshelf too. Kohs GG1 https://www.kohs.com/PRR_gg-1_pages/gg-1_home.htm https://www.kohs.com/PRR_gg-1_pages/gg-1_home.htm Key Imports Big Boy https://www.brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/054489/O-Scale-2-Rail-Brass-Model-Train-Key-Imports-CS-66-UP-Union-Pacific-4-8-8-4-Big-Boy-4020 https://www.brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/054489/O-...
- defrost 1y agoThere's a 15 minute World of Railways interview with him at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjIgfk5C_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjIgfk5C_s and more, including moving the entire 200 ft setup: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heaton+lodge+junction+model+railway https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heaton+lodge+ju...
- rodface 1y agoThat price is astonishing. My modeling knowledge is limited to plastic aircraft kits, so I have no idea what I'm looking at here. I'm not sure what it would take to pay that kind of money for a model aircraft, it would have to be the size of a coffee table and made by PLASMO or an equivalently (freakishly good) builder. I assume that KOHS engine is handmade of brass sheeting (the detail and workmanship do look exquisite)? How much of the cost is from its internal componentry (I assume it has a high-quality electric motor?)? Or is this just what it costs to play at the top of the model train game?
- rodface 1y agoAfter some further investigation, the unbelievable level of attention to detail (the shape of the individually modeled rivet heads, the overlapping of adjacent sheetmetal) explains the price of these models. https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Sheet_Meta_Detail.html https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Sheet_Meta_Detail.html https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Rivet.html https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Rivet.html