Hi Carey; With a few exceptions, that is a pretty easy line to draw. If it comes RTR in plastic or diecast metal, it was probably made in the Far East. If it is made with low-volume methods like laser cutting or resin casting and sold in kit form, it's probably made on this continent. The SP gondola Ed is talking up is one exception. I'm not sure how much DPH makes here. American Models originally made his product in Michigan; I don't know his current product split between U.S./Far East manufacture.
In the end, it's a pretty small thing. All of model railroading is an infinitesimal drop in the bucket of off-shore manufacture. None of the S manufacturers are big multi-national corporations nor do I think their owners take home six-figure incomes or bonus packages. While I am more than happy to see someone make a product in the U.S. or elsewhere in North America, such effort at identifying them is much better spent researching locally made home products, electronics (if such a thing exists at all) and other big-ticket or daily use items. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 7/28/10, Carey Probst <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Carey Probst <[email protected]> > It would really be nice if > there were a link on our group site with > all the American manufacturers. Please note I did not say > US because > like it or not Canada is part of America, just not part of > the US. > > That way those of us who would prefer to buy American could > look there > first but we have to know about them. Some like SMMW are > familiar names > but others many of us have never heard of. > > Carey ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
