I received this reply from Keith at Pinecanyon models in response to my
query about the new Howard's Drive-in kit.
I am forwarding this without asking Keith's permission, which might seem
rude, but my guess is that there is not privileged communication herein.
It must be pretty discouraging...
Roy Inman
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> From: Pine Canyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:51:05 -0800
> To: Roy Inman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Howard's
>
> Hi Roy,
>
> S-scale sales have been almost nonexistant from the railroaders. The diecast
> car collectors have been supporting the sales on the route 66 series. As bag
> a news as the drive-in is, we have only sold 5 kits so far. However, we
> expect to have it available for a few years, so you will have no problem
> getting one in the future.
>
> Due to lack of interest, all of our future S-scale railroad related projects
> have been put on hold or canceled all together. It's a shame, because we had
> such big hopes for S. We made the last two kits because I wanted them for my
> diorama and the car guys have been asking for them.
>
> Thank you for your support and have a great holiday season,
> Keith Blanchard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Inman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:57 PM
> Subject: Howard's
>
>
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