edwardloizeaux wrote: >> BTS has on its someday list Item #09202 Evans 100-Ton Coil Car - S
> > Would anyone know what is needed to expedite this car? Is it a matter of sufficient orders? Or more than 24 hours in Bill Wade's busy day? Or more time to do the tooling/patterns? "S"ince I'd like to buy a couple, I'm sure BTS would sell hundreds of them in very short order. Right? Cheers...Ed L. > Like I explained to a gent at the NASG convention wanting a PRR steam loco, all it takes to push any project to the top of the list is 100 modelers sending in big checks. While my builder's time is limited just like everyone's, the real deciding factor of what gets done and when is based upon my determination of what will recoop the investment quickly and provide B.T.S. with the profit that is needed to keep the business going. And since we have not in the past used that tired line - 'if we get enough deposits, we will build it' - B.T.S. provided all the development money and decisions had to be made based on potential sales, not just love of a scale. While that has limited the new projects, it also has not abused the modelers by having their money tied up. Right decision? Who knows. On the coil car, frankly based upon past sales in S scale, I doubt that hundreds would be sold in short order. Perhaps I am wrong - been there in the past - but I suspect 30-40 would sell within the first six months. And that would not recoop the development costs. We will do the car, just cannot afford to rush it. So, bottom line.... how do the S modelers want us to proceed? Do we continue as we have by offering models that did not require a deposit or threats of cancellation? Or do we start asking for deposits/prepayments and do the models in order of sales? You folks let us know what you want. "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Oh, yea.... I have the sample of the PRR F39 75' pig flat running on the layout. Couple of changes needed before production starts, but it does look good. Perhaps I will post a photo or two later. Take care Bill -- ============== Scale Model Railroad Products ================ Manufacturer - Retailer - Importer Bill & Diane Wade Phone: 813-643-1105 FAX: 813-681-7326 B.T.S. http://www.btsrr.com Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> 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/
