I paid around $60.00 US for my Stuart # 9 mill engine castings back in the 1970s. I heard they were about 650 dollars US for the same castings now days. At that time the V10 castings were about $25.00US. It sounds to me like the new owner is trying to get rich as fast as possible, but instead is driving away his customer base. It is a shame too, as those were the highest quality castings I have ever seen. Jesse in Tennessee > Now why don't that suprise me - 4 hunnert and something for the 10V kit > here - I paid about $40 when I built mine around 1980. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.