Trying to remember a conversation I had with Paddy Murphy some time back,
We were discussing the 121, and whether it would be viable to do an unpowered model
As anyone who knows him will tell you Paddy likes to talk model trains and when he eventually told me why the unpowered model
was a non runner (see what I did there) we spoke briefly about other projects that he would like to do and to my surprise he mentioned the A Class.
His main concern was the amount of models he had to produce to get the project off the ground and he was hoping that some time in the future he might be able to have a smaller than usual run produced. This was in the middle of the Celtic Tiger boom when money was plentiful so I am not sure where he is now with this idea. But as I remember he was really interested in an A Class model,
and knowing the man that he is ...........................
I also meant to mention that as far as crowd funding goes there is a risk involved and monies paid up front are not guaranteed to be returned if all does not go well