Buckjumper
Flying Squad
As we've got a few professional loco builders on here I'd like to ask would they like to be able to make and then sell 1:32 scale stock for that kind of money or does it still represent a lot of time and effort expended compared with the return?
It'll probably cause consternation in some quarters, but...
...£4K for an rtr A4 like that is a bargain. Note that I didn't say 'cheap' or 'affordable to all'. But ignoring all the R&D involved, just for the build and the paintwork alone it's still a bargain. Try getting a skilled craftsman in almost any other field to produce such an exquisite working and durable item and I strongly suspect that you'd be paying so much more than that. If someone asked me to build and paint a 1:32 A4 from scratch for £4K I'd have to say no.
Actually, I doubt that I could scratchbuild an A4 - but that's beside the point!