Howdy! We are developing several products both freight cars and structures that will be laser cut and easy to assemble.
Our purpose in doing so is to lower the price point at which model railroaders in S have to buy their kits and entertainment. Recently, at the NASG in DULUTH, MN, we showed a B&O I-1 caboose ($69.95) that comes in six versions, a C&NW tool house ($16.95), a WWI-WWII 40' door and a half boxcar ($39.95) and a WWI-WWII 50' Furniture boxcar ($39.95). In addition, we will shortly have a WWI-WW!! Ventilator boxcar and Refrigerator car for $39.95. The WWI-WWII cars are going to comprise what we are calling our TWO FOOT Freight Car Kit Line (tm). We looked at our collection of MR and Craftsman from the 1930's and the discussions of cost of kits caused by the Depression (Recession currently). Manu- facturers during that period tried to pack more entertainment into their kits and coupled that with reasonable prices. We have recently found a small manufacturer of HO kits with years of experience in laser kit production. He is more than willing to create or convert his existing HO kits to S. We are looking for ideas that you the reader may feel have been neglected due to production costs. Send these ideas to me off list and I will respond to each of them. Thanks, Bob McCarthy THE SUPPLY CAR, LLC We have been fortunate in that we found an expert in creating laser cut kits who has an interest in S. He is either creating original kit --- On Wed, 7/28/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Parts availability to scratch build.. To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 6:15 PM 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) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
