Hi Roy,Friends,
I'm sure Keith is disappointed in some of his projects not selling
as expected. I think he was discouraged some time back but decided that
he was actually getting orders so he kept going. I have purchased
several of his kits: first gas station, toxic terminal, and one of the
warehouse rows--all excellent kits. His kits definitely filled a nitch
for me that balanced the other kits from Banta, Fineskinds, Leigh Valley
and BTS who build many of their kits with a geographical flavor.
However, how many kits can I guy use on his layout? Additionally some
of those kits were really designed for the die-cast car crowd anyway as
they do eat up a lot of real estate. The gas station, motel, cafe's,
fire station and drive-in's all make for a great 'roadside scene along
the tracks' but not many people have that kind of room to devote to a
non railroad served area!
I could think of a several structures that could use his urethane
type construction that might have a bit better appeal to railroad
people. I would think that a concrete type coaling tower, a fairly
modern diesel house/industrial factory, and a SP/UP common standard
steel water tank might sell a good number of kits. But it's not my call
or my money.
Bob Werre
Roy Inman wrote:
> 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
>
> ----------
> > From: Pine Canyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:pinecanyon%40comcast.net>>
> > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:51:05 -0800
> > To: Roy Inman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:rinphoto%40everestkc.net>>
> > 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]
> <mailto:rinphoto%40everestkc.net>>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:pinecanyon%40comcast.net>>
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:57 PM
> > Subject: Howard's
> >
> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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