Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
At 08:33 AM 3/16/03 -0800, you wrote: What . . . products/features would Accucraft (or Aster) need to offer to induce you to buy one of their products? They already know the answer to that question . . . . MY favorite locomotive, finely engineered, with detail rendered at or near museum quality, in the fuel of my choice, for no more money than I can successfully hide from or explain away to my spouse. :-) Regards, Harry
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
One more observation, Aster productions sell out in a relative shot time,with one exception, the CS mogul, This was narrow gauge gas fired. Pruduced in 1991 with a total production of 480 units, and they are still avalible new from aster dealers. Thats a very slow mover! It was 11 years before offering another gas fired engine, and it is the JNR B20 an 0-4-0 offered in 2002 ith a total production of 200 units. Aster has produced almost 60 different engines, many were offered in 2,3 different versions. i.e.: USRA Mikado ,black or green, : Jumbo,in LNWR black,LMS red, LMS black. That is to say Accucraft would count all K- 27 as One and all C-16 as One . I have never heard any production numbers for Accucraft or Round House, is this information available? I would think Accucraft would have to have good production numbers to support their low prices. Thanks Jeff in NC
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
Great answer Harry! - Original Message - From: Harry Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys At 08:33 AM 3/16/03 -0800, you wrote: What . . . products/features would Accucraft (or Aster) need to offer to induce you to buy one of their products? They already know the answer to that question . . . . MY favorite locomotive, finely engineered, with detail rendered at or near museum quality, in the fuel of my choice, for no more money than I can successfully hide from or explain away to my spouse. :-) Regards, Harry
RE: Accucraft and Aster surveys
Harry, Where can I get one and when. I want to give someone a deposit ;-) Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harry Wade Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:01 AM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys At 08:33 AM 3/16/03 -0800, you wrote: What . . . products/features would Accucraft (or Aster) need to offer to induce you to buy one of their products? They already know the answer to that question . . . . MY favorite locomotive, finely engineered, with detail rendered at or near museum quality, in the fuel of my choice, for no more money than I can successfully hide from or explain away to my spouse. :-) Regards, Harry
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
At 12:10 PM 3/16/03 -0500, you wrote: Great answer Harry! Callin' em as I see'um Jeff.
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
That's about $5! No, I didn't leave out any 0's... };] Trot, the budgeted, fox... On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Harry Wade wrote: They already know the answer to that question . . . . MY favorite locomotive, finely engineered, with detail rendered at or near museum quality, in the fuel of my choice, for no more money than I can successfully hide from or explain away to my spouse. :-) Regards, Harry /\_/\TrotFox\ Always remember, ( o o ) AKA Landon Solomon \ There is a \./ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ third alternative.
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
At 12:07 PM 3/16/03 -0500, you wrote: One more observation, Aster productions sell out in a relative short time, with one exception, the CS mogul, This was narrow gauge gas fired. Jeff, That wasn't always the case, and IMHO gauge and fuel rarely have anything to do with it. The Schools for instance took forever to sell because early in their history Aster grossly overestimated the potential market for such a model. It took years, and becomming known as a bulletproof runner, for it to finally sell out. In the US, when Ga1 was still just a curiosity, if you were far enought ahead of the curve you could get a steal of a deal from hobby shops anxious to unload them. To a somewhat lesser extent I think the Pannier was another example. They sold OK, but didn't go all that quickly, until they became known as good reliable runners. But those were international market items. The CS Mogul by all indications should have sold out in a flash - good looking, well built, well detailed, and a natural for the US Ga1 market. It had everything going for it, but you know how people will talk, and what they were saying was It won't run - it's my $3.5K bookend. A few had success, but most didn't. What this says to me is that first consideration for almost everyone is consistant running and size, gauge, scale, fuel, and to some extent even appearance aren't as important as whether it runs well. Regards, Harry
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
I would agree - however I keep track of all the hair salon tallies, and since I buzz what's left of my hair once a week myself I only see it fair that I spend the equivalent on an item of my choice. :-) Viva la hairloss:-) Cheers Ferdinand On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 01:11 PM, TrotFox Greyfoot wrote: That's about $5! No, I didn't leave out any 0's... };] Trot, the budgeted, fox... On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Harry Wade wrote: They already know the answer to that question . . . . MY favorite locomotive, finely engineered, with detail rendered at or near museum quality, in the fuel of my choice, for no more money than I can successfully hide from or explain away to my spouse. :-) Regards, Harry /\_/\TrotFox\ Always remember, ( o o ) AKA Landon Solomon \ There is a \./ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ third alternative.
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
Ya know... that's an angle I hadn't thought of! Makes going bald not so
bad. ;]
Now if only it wasn't all leaving so slowly (going thin all over the top
but not truly bald.)
Isn't 25 too young for serious hair loss? {:]
Trot, the hormone-effected, fox...
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, FBM Studios wrote:
I would agree - however I keep track of all the hair salon tallies, and
since
I buzz what's left of my hair once a week myself I only see it fair
that I spend the equivalent on an item of my choice. :-)
Viva la hairloss:-)
Cheers Ferdinand
/\_/\TrotFox\ Always remember,
( o o ) AKA Landon Solomon \ There is a
\./ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ third alternative.
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
The serial number plate on my K-27 says that it's 44/100. That's a small production run, even by Aster standards Jeff Runge wrote: One more observation, Aster productions sell out in a relative shot time,with one exception, the CS mogul, This was narrow gauge gas fired. Pruduced in 1991 with a total production of 480 units, and they are still avalible new from aster dealers. Thats a very slow mover! It was 11 years before offering another gas fired engine, and it is the JNR B20 an 0-4-0 offered in 2002 ith a total production of 200 units. Aster has produced almost 60 different engines, many were offered in 2,3 different versions. i.e.: USRA Mikado ,black or green, : Jumbo,in LNWR black,LMS red, LMS black. That is to say Accucraft would count all K- 27 as One and all C-16 as One . I have never heard any production numbers for Accucraft or Round House, is this information available? I would think Accucraft would have to have good production numbers to support their low prices. Thanks Jeff in NC
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
Jeff W., 100 units, that is a small run, do you think that includes all the different versions? Jeff in NC
Re: Accucraft and Aster surveys
Jeff R: I don't know the answer to that. They send the buyer his serial number shortly after one puts down the 10% deposit. Doesn't make sense that they would plan in advance to build 100 each of all five versions, since they don't know in advance which versions will be most popular. Supposedly, they are built to order, implying 100 total build. jeff W. = Jeff Runge wrote: Jeff W., 100 units, that is a small run, do you think that includes all the different versions? Jeff in NC
