Hello Guys,
I have a question for everyone. I good friend of mine has given me a Bowser T1 to put together for him. He is an older and his eyesight is failing. He stated that he wants to pay me to put the kit together. It is a later verison of the T1 with a pre-drilled boiler and cast tender body. It also has the full super detail kit. What do you think I should charge him to assembe and paint the kit?
Doesn't sound much like a "good friend" if you're gonna charge him for it.
Dave
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parts323What do you think I should charge him to assemble and paint the kit?
Nil, nada, rien, nichts, keinen Pfennig, no cent, other than any material you have to buy to assemble and paint the kit. That´s what friends are for!
Professional model builders charge about $ 10 to 15 the hour. You may need about 50 hours of work on that job. Do you thing he´d be willing to pay $ 500 to 750 for your work?
parts323good friend ... He is an older and his eyesight is failing ... What do you think I should charge him to assembe and paint the kit?
parts323He stated that he wants to pay me to put the kit together.
I would only charge for materials, and then it's his choice if he wants to pay you more for your work.
The T1 is an interesting model to assemble. One thing I would recommend is to use the tubing connecting the motors. The drive wheels track better, and the two mechanisms won't fight each other so much. It does help to use a more flexible tubing then what's provided, though.
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I am not going to tell you to charge your friend, but I base my building rate on the cost of the kit, or 2 times the cost of kit and additional parts and materials.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Thanks for all the information guys. I guess I should have included some more information in the original post. This will be the second locomotive that I have put together for my friend. The first one was a K4 that I did entirely for free, and now this time around, my friend feels like he owes me something in return. That was the real reason I was asking everyones opinions. Thanks for the advice about the flex tube drive Darth.