In a message dated 7/28/2010 1:37:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Didn't model railroading get a boost during the Depression, when people had
to build because they couldn't afford to buy?
There were, I would guess, a lot more little "parts guys" making some
things, back then. WOULD have been much easier to have a small foundry in a
back
yard shed than it is now, for instance.
Lots of the "old" parts dies and molds are close to the end of their useful
life and the owners are old too, unwillining to invest in replacing the
stuff. George Tebolt in his 80's, does fewer shows all the time, a post-war
friend says he is NOT replacing dies as they wear out for P-W LIONEL.
Rulon Taylor (?) IVES stuff was a good example, family sold estate w/o much
knowledge of what there was/wasn't, buyer had less, sold off inventory and
disappeared (UNless the story is wrong).
SSL&S has problems with tooling/ demand, according to the list, and Model
Engineering Works is where???.
My ACCOMPLISHED machinist friend is 89 yrs old, not looking for much more
work. The local mold and die firm I contacted suggested I go to China.
Surprised me. That WAS when there was an economy, however.
Jim "Wardie-Jay" Lyle (NO reference to Gold Stripes)
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