Hi everyone! So, I’m in a little bit of a quandary and don’t know where to go from here.
To start off with, I’m not going to name the manufacturer or any details about the business because I don’t want this post to be deleted since I would really love some help. In saying that, here’s my issue:
In late December 2014 I ordered a 1/24 scale version of a Point of Rocks train station. The station measures about 3 feet wide, 2+ feet deep and maybe 3 ½ feet tall. The station is so big that it couldn’t be shipped to me via a normal service and need to be shipping via freight. After going over all of the details for to make sure that it was what I wanted, I finally received it in May 2015. Although the station is structurally completed the issue is is that it was never painted.
The manufacturer refused to take the model back to finish painting it and gave me three companies that he said should be able to help me out. The companies that that he gave me were all house painters and not model train painters. After doing some digging on my own, I found a few people who did model train painting in New Jersey, but weren’t able to take my model because it was either out of the scope of the their expertise or the model was simply too big to tackle.
I did contact a few model painters near me and all of them said that the model was simply too big to take on.
I am not a painter my any stretch of the imagination and I’m looking for someone in New Jersey who may be able to handle painting this model for me.
Funnily enough, there is one string attached – I would need to rent a U-Haul van to drive the model to the location to be painted as my SUV is too small for the model to fit. This model cannot be shipped as it would probably be too expensive to do so and packing it up for shipping may be an issue. So I would be more than willing to drive it to anywhere in New Jersey to have it painted.
If there is anyone out there than can help or knows of anyone that can help, I would truly appreciate it. Attached is a photo of what the station is supposed to look like.
Thank you one and all.
