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@Robert ShrivesPlease post in the future if Wayne is able to experiment in producing Irish broad gauge (21mm) sleepers to thread rail, even if it's only straight or flex track for a start. There were 33 persons who responded to the survey (50 percent) who chose "yes, definitely," and another 19 expressed interest. That could lead to kits for regauging some of the RTR models to broad gauge.

@RobertRocheFollowing up on my brief comments on FB -- I'd certainly be interested in at least one or two. Thank you for all your design labor and effort; wonderful talent. I wish I could learn this wonderful skill you possess. Perhaps you might consider how such an intricate structure could be easily harmed in shipment or handling. You might want to consider interchangeability for variations, too. Maybe consider these suggestions: -- separate the legs and their upper connecting frame (below the deck) into one piece; -- maybe curve the handrails and latticework for the crosswalk structure above the upper landings; -- separate the stairway structures so that they can mount on the legs and square leg frames; -- print the crosswalk either as one longer length, or as two halves that can be joined in the middle with narrow reinforcing, intersecting plates. -- consider adding an insertable straight crosswalk section, to allow the different configurations that @Westcorkrailwayshowed in the posted photos. With interchangeable segments of legs, stairs, and crosswalk, you might expand your potential buyers. Wonderful, admirable work.

Yes, definitely I'd buy 21mm track and points. The sales opportunity lies in the new modellers joining. One economical approach might be to create the sleepers for RTR track using 3-D printing, to allow an adjustable print-to-order. The track could be sold as simple kits -- sleepers in strips with rails to be inserted. Meanwhile, I bought Irish broad gauge sleepers from the ScaleFour Society and bullhead rail in code 75. (Thanks, Jeremy Suter, for the help.) Just need uninterrupted free time. Working towards a combined MGWR Sligo line with Collooney Jct. to Dromod and the Cavan & Leitrim from Dromod to TBD. A now-often-cited article about "the Long Tail" of a niche market might help explain how to think about models of Irish broad gauge (and Irish 3-foot RTR on 12 mm track). You create the niche, in part, that people haven't articulated in masses -- you don't respond to an existing mass market. The idea is used for a lot of niche-market sectors, such as a rare books library or historical museum that specializes in certain research subjects. https://www.wired.com/2004/10/tail/

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