>Hi Ed, >I'd need about 50 PFE reefers to model the VE in S scale, not sure it can >happen, ebay has not been productive, the dealers are sold out, the >manufcturers are making billboard reefers instead (plus I don't like >paying new prices, I'm a fixerupper type of guy).
Hi Dave.... I had the answer for you -- until I read the last part of your message. Y'know, the part where you said you don't like paying new prices. Up until that part, I was right there with you and was going to state that John Verser and son Felix were here during O SCALE WEST and John whispered in my ear that another run of PFE reefers was in the near future. But if'n you don't like to pay the "new car prices", I can only suggest going to a used car lot. Perhaps the NASG convention in Altoona, PA will have some of those cars. eBay has had them, but they are not much cheaper than the new ones. A definite scarce item to be sure. I cannot change the world market's price for soybeans or for PFE reefers either. Sorry. > So where would the new modeler go to build a roster in a reasonable time? Let's assume that time and reasonable fair cost (not necessarily "bargains") are the primarily goals. I would suggest you locate a trusted friend in two or three different areas of the country and give them your shopping list. Ask them to attend the S-oriented train shows and/or conventions in their general vicinity and buy things on your behalf. Most of us olde tymers have done this for very specific items, but there is no reason it cannot also work for dozens of used PFE reefers as well. If you have no friends, perish the thought, you could probably find a friendly S dealer out there that might be willing to take your shopping list with him to the S-FEST, Spring Spree, NASG, etc., etc. conventions and buy things on your behalf. I'd be willing to bet that if you put out a public request for some assistance to "da guys" on this list, that you might be able to find several folks willing to help out. > Are there S scale shows like OSW with a lot of old stuff?. You bet. Lots of them. Every year in many different parts of the country. >Given the hurdles of S scale accumulation Whoa.....these are "pseudo-hurdles" which exist only in the mind of the shopper. They do not really exist. You can find almost anything anywhere anytime -- with some patience and willingness to pay the fair market price. Some things are sold out and are not currently being produced. Same as in HO and other scales. The problem, in my opinion, is that folks tend to want things on display at the local hobby shop with a friendly clerk to take your plastic. But that ain't S scale for better or worse. But the stuff IS available with a modicum of effort. We S scale guys have accommodated to the need for mail order and it is part of our hobby. For various outsiders, mail order seems to be a strange and feared beast. Unfortunate. > I can see someone giving up and doing three rail O scale instead. I'm sure it has happened. Especially if the fellow likes subway cars. But they do not HAVE to give up on S nor do they HAVE to go without S. All they need do is exhibit a bit of creativity, contact some dealers, go to a convention, make some friends, and the S world all of a sudden looks a lot more tolerable. >...Regards, Dave Branum Santa Cruz So when're coming over the hill for a visit? Cheers...Ed L. The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. 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/
