Tricky-CRS Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 County Rolling Stock is back for a second Kickstarter project to raise funds to produce an N Gauge Mermaid Ballast Wagon in RTR format. We aim to produce both the fitted and unfitted brake versions and will be offering the wagons at exclusive discounted prices for our backers.The project will go live on 24th September 2015 and finish on 25th October 2015. KICKSTARTER PAGE HERE http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-runI will post further details and a link as they become available, I also have this thread RMWEB for researching theses wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crompton Power Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Good work that man, could do with a few of these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Just over a week to go until I launch it on the world. RRP will be £18.75 backer prices below1 or 2 will £17 each3, 4 & 5 options available as well.10 will be £15 eachThese are the pristine prices basic factory weathered will also be available, all prices exclude postage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Less than one week to go - page almost ready sent a preview off to a few people to be proof read today.Here is the Kickstarter Logo for this project: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I hope that all of the permissions are in place for the Flangeway 4mm design to be scaled down and used for the 2mm model or someone will be in trouble? Dapol may be producing it but do they own the rights to the design as it was paid for by Flangeway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 I have Flangeways permission to use the CADs I have spoken to them myself and have it confirmed in an email from Dapol. Flangeways were my first port of call to confirm that they were not interested in or planning an N Gauge version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk Rob Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hi Richard Very interested in these but can you clarify what you mean by "basic factory weathering"? Is this the weathering that (I think) Dapol apply to some wagons in Chirk (the, in my opinion, not very convincing red-brown), is it the (much better) standard of weathering applied to such models as the 22,52 and silver bullet or something else entirely? Thanks Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 It is the basic weathering applied in Chirk, I am afraid to get it done properly in China would been ordering 250 of each running number weathered, that said if enough are ordered weathered and the backers are willing to have 1 running number per livery then it may become an option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR PJ Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Looking forward to these appearing, will be ordering half a dozen or so of these very useful ubiquitous wagons for Blair Atholl, they will look good sitting in the engineers yard there. Regards, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted September 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2015 I hope that all of the permissions are in place for the Flangeway 4mm design to be scaled down and used for the 2mm model or someone will be in trouble? Dapol may be producing it but do they own the rights to the design as it was paid for by Flangeway. Hi there, This is an interesting question. The product Flangeway paid for was, presumably, the model. The CAD will have been produced as part of the production process but will not necessarily be owned by Flangeway, unless the contract specifies this. Usually the owner of copyright on an image is the person who created it, unless as part of their contract of employment they surrendered the rights. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 I have now launched the project page http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run I have added this link to the first post as well. Work will get in the way tomorrow so pressed go early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 First mile post passed as the pledges have passed 10% today at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run Thank you to all bakers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thank you all who have backed so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 We have reached and passed 100 backers this morning, a big thank you to all who have got on board so far. Please can I ask that you all help spread the word and encourage the doubts to also join in. I suspect some are waiting to see how it goes before joining but we really need to spread the word that if everyone does that it will not succeed, the more that join now the greater confidence it will give to others. Add it no money is taken until project closes and then only if it is reaches its goal. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run Here is a picture to keep is all inspired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I've put down for a pair of weathered ones- though I had to fight the kickstarter website to make the pledge... For those like me who are putting a pledge in for a second project. The kickstarter website remembers who you are from the last time, but doesn't make that plain in its documentation. If you then try to register your email address to back this (or any) project it rejects you on the grounds that your email is already being used. To repeat, you register with KICKSTARTER, not with the project. On a second or subsequent pledge to a different project you log in as if you are logging into the previous one. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Need 30 backers a day from now on to reach target - £15325, 21% funded 119 backer. yes you need to log in if you have created an account previously to back a project before. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 19 days left - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 THANK YOU ALL. FORTNIGHT LEFT TO PLEDGE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 The project has 14 days left to raise its funds and is currently at £16,811, 24% with 139 backers, so thank you to all of you who have backed this wagon. We are obviously a long way from funding but adverts and news items have been published in the last week in Railway Modeler and Hornby Magazines so hopefully these will start to have an effect. Fingers crossed for the next fortnight. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/926673037/mermaid-ballast-wagon-n-gauge-ready-to-run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Over a quarter funded at noon today, as the DJModels N gauge Mermaid was announced. I wonder what impact this announcement will have on Richard's plans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy L S Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Looking at pledges to date, although a significant interest has clearly been shown, it would appear to me that there was already likely to have been too much ground to make up in the remaining time even before the announcement of DJM's model. Personally I therefore think the DJM announcement is unlikely to impact the success or otherwise of the project. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Given that the DJM version is already in tooling it is a shame that Richard couldn't have been made aware of its existence before this kickstarter was started. However the competition gestapo might have had something to say about it.... Just a thought Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Looking at pledges to date, although a significant interest has clearly been shown, it would appear to me that there was already likely to have been too much ground to make up in the remaining time even before the announcement of DJM's model. I don't think it is quite as clear cut as that. Dave has made it known for sometime that he was planning on a range of N gauge wagons and its been mooted that would include a Mermaid. I even posted that up before the announcement. The possibility may well have had an impact on pledges - certainly by the astute. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Oh nice of people to share such knowledge! Kickstarter cancelled end of thread, mods please lock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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