I couldn't agree more with your comments. And thanks for the S Fest comment. It seemed things went pretty well and the food was good! The car was well recieved-we still have some left if anyone is interested.
Great to see so many old friends and meet new ones. Chuck Porterr ----- Original Message ----- From: "raisinone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] Steel Coil Car > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "B.T.S. - Bill & Diane Wade" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As with all things in life, Money Talks, so perhaps that is the best > indicator. Take care Bill > > > Sound philosophy Bill... Regretably if we had used it, River Raisin > wouldn't have made half of our projects! We figured if we could get > within 30 or 40 grand of break even, we were good enough salesmen to > make the project fly... Probably not sound business, but 'sound > business' in S scale is a bit of an oxymoron! <G> > > We now have the pilot models of the Pioneer Zephyr and Flying Yankee, > including the full interior detail. Additionally we have given the > builder the go ahead for the C&O H4/6 2-6-6-2 project. Both still > have significant financial risk for us, but in the words of a great > movie line, "If it wasn't hard anybody could do it, it's the hard > that makes it good..."! > > As far as coil cars go, would love to see them! Thought about them a > couple of times in S scale brass - three versions: Thrall, Evans Type > I and Evans Type II. But my own inclination is the support no longer > exists for brass freight cars, looks like someone else will have to > go for it. > > Jim > P.S. Had a great time at the S Fest! > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > 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/
