I just today purchased some of the 40' flat cars (a handy base for a
number of MOW models)and they didn't have kits per se, but they are
doing castings for the same price as the kits. I didn't ask if they
would be continuing this after Feb. 15 on a demand basis.
Mark Wittrup
Saskatoon
-- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dave hill" <techill@...> wrote:
side
I have been going to put this e mail up for a few days but we got
tracked Norwest Kits and Castings is discontinuing production asof FEB 15
so its last call for their fantastic models of grove cars now theyare the
toughest kits I have ever tried but you certianly learn a lot aboutcar
constructio and working with Resin I have found them more accuratethan the
Van Hobbies brass cars. Now Pierre Oliver of St Thomas has aservice to
assemble Norwest and BGR cars hes is listed under CanadianManufactures as
Elgin Models so If you don,t want to build kits Pierre can buildyou a
fantastic groveconversation of a
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Brownfield" <kbtrain@...>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:54 PM
Subject: [Bulk] [cpsig] Brass and plastic locomotives,
List, I don't mean to throw cold water on your wonderful
takenproduction run of the Hudson and Jubilee, but reality needs to be
brassinto
account.
In the mid eighties and nineties a friend and I imported some
tooklocomotives and a caboose; this was not an easy thing to do as it
model enginethree
and a half years to get the first unit to review. Building a
ofis
not an easy thing to do; it is time consuming, difficult and full
with thechanges
regardless of how well it is planed. Dies are not cheap though
expensivenew
EDD machines it is easier; the manufacturing of parts is also
either make towhether it is for brass or plastic. Last but not least, you
otherwise youmany units or not enough. The price has to be just right
you can'twill
not sell them and lose money, or if to low you lose money.
When you produce a model it has to be generic enough to sell and
it worthworry about the rivet counters as they don't buy enough to make
engineering,while.
Last but not least, plunk down several thousand dollars for
see ifdies and other incidentals and go three years with no income and
acceptyou
think it is worth while.
Regardless of the models wanted by the few, manufactures will not
pipeline, toopre-payment for products that are not developed or in the
andmany
things can happen that will bring the wrath of the Hobby Shops
not worthmodelers
down on your head if you can't make the delivery date, so it is
thethe trouble.
I have talked to several of the manufactures, they have stuff in
none ofpipeline and are two to three years out with new locomotives,
live longwhich
are the Hudson's or Jubilee's, and at my age I'm sure I won't
make aenough to see them.
Perhaps way down line a manufacture will find it profitable to
breath.Hudson, Jubilee or even a Box Electric, but don't hold your
Keith
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http://www.26stmodelengineers.org/ ;<http://www.26stmodeleng.org/>
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