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Its gotta be shrinking ... ... look at what's available in good quality plastic. The brass importers are not going to be able to compete with good quality mass-market plastic stuff, so they pick slightly more obscure models where the more limited number of units justify them jacking up the price to cover the production costs. Sorry, but I won't be paying $500-$1000+ for a new brass loco that I can buy for a $100 in plastic! But if its a model thats never going to get into mass-market plastic (eg: Alco HH660, an MEC ten-wheeler) then I might think about it. There are also two types of brass buyer, the true collector those who just collect them for the display cabinet, and the modellers who buy things to paint and run. My guess is that the collector market is quite healthy, but the modeller market is very much smaller except for unusual models.
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