Most people do build them but over in the US you can buy one made for you,starting price is in the tens of thousands for a small one. Building one still cost a lot of money (materials cost is going to be thousands alone)and thousands of hours. You can buy plans and basic castings(like cylinders and wheels) easy enough these days, as well as most fittings.The castings require machining and you have to basically make everything else.Its not uncommon for people to spend decades building one,thats why its impossible to really put a number.Im building one myself (very similar to this, a 5" 2-8-0 but walcherts)and at the end of the day im not building it to sell so the money required to get me to part with it would be very high indeed.
+TheCaptainsquiggle in this film I'm sat behind the driver holding the camera in my out stretched arm. In most of my other films I'm actually driving whilst still holding the camera in my hand. Thanks for Watching!
Thank your for extended information again.
Lovely build! She sure moves,wow.
Stunning loco and well detailed
2 Questions:
1. Where did you get this Locomotive?
2. How much did it cost (in CAD)?
I built it, cost? I wouldn't like to guess
Most people do build them but over in the US you can buy one made for you,starting price is in the tens of thousands for a small one.
Building one still cost a lot of money (materials cost is going to be thousands alone)and thousands of hours.
You can buy plans and basic castings(like cylinders and wheels) easy enough these days, as well as most fittings.The castings require machining and you have to basically make everything else.Its not uncommon for people to spend decades building one,thats why its impossible to really put a number.Im building one myself (very similar to this, a 5" 2-8-0 but walcherts)and at the end of the day im not building it to sell so the money required to get me to part with it would be very high indeed.
How do you film these? Do you use a camera arm whilst you're riding the trains or just hold out your arm or something?...
+TheCaptainsquiggle in this film I'm sat behind the driver holding the camera in my out stretched arm. In most of my other films I'm actually driving whilst still holding the camera in my hand.
Thanks for Watching!