[modeleng] Re: Reeves (again) . . .

Hi All,

A guy I know is just starting on a 5" gauge Pansy. He checked the price of 
the GM cylinder casting from Reeves which was over £300 whilst from 
Blackgates it was £164. Some difference.

Clif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Swales" <kenwillowbend@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Reeves (again) . . .


> Hi
>
> I stopped bying from Reeves 3 or 4 years back because the prices were 
> going throught the sky.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- On Wed, 28/1/09, Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [modeleng] Reeves (again) . . .
>> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, 28 January, 2009, 6:18 PM
>> After chatting with a friend about Terriers, out of mild
>> curiosity I decided to have a look at Reeves list for their
>> 7.25"ga version and the cylinders (w/pistons) and
>> D&C wheel castings alone are right at 1000/UKP!
>> That's truly insane.  Who would pay such prices?  And
>> that's assuming the price listed for the wheels is for
>> all SIX castings . . . I could of course be wrong about that
>> and at this point would not be surprised.
>> Harry
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