[modeleng] Re: Another one bites the dust

They've certainly priced 'emselves right out of any chance of doing business
with me.



> It will also reduce the number of boiler makers, at which they were
> excellent.
>
> As for prices, I understand that back in the later Stuart Turner days, the
> models werent making money, and only the pump side of the business was
> profitable.
> From price rises since then, by Chedder and J & B, it seems that prices
for
> made in UK goods are at or above what the market will bear.
>
> Alan Stepney
>
>
> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:25 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Another one bites the dust
>
>
> At 05:08 AM 5/22/05 +0100, you wrote:
> >I see that Chedder Models are to close down.
> >From memory, they took over some of the Stuart range, particularly their
> >boilers,
>
> Alan,
>     Yes, and that will leave a void in the marine power plant market.
>
>      IIRC they were the ones who orginally bought off the entire Stuart
> "Models" operation fom Stuart Turner, when they decided to divest
> themselves of the model business.  Once Cheddar got hold of it prices
> escalated rapidly and quality plunged, in the process doing as lot of
> damage to the Stuart name, and sales dwindled quickly.  To this day
> pre-Cheddar kits or castings are still sought after.
>      Once it was apparent that their acquisition of Stuart Models line was
> not working Cheddar sold that part of the business off to Jones & Bradburn
> who have brought it back to what it is today.  Some of the small changes
> they've made to their kits don't make sense but I have to assume that they
> are due to production requirements.
>
> Regards,
> Harry
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