Thomas, thanks for the reality check. We do need to express our desires at least in the railroading sphere. Having been good friends with a couple of imprters/mfg. I find it ironic that they seem well aware that many of the chatters fail to put their money were their mouth is when the product is introduced to the marketplace for a thousand reasons. And so production depends often on the wisdom of the importer who must make a very serious decision. Most of them have done very well without our help. Given all this, chatter on we must. ken parson
----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:19 AM To: richardforst2004; [email protected] Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Golden Goose This is an interesting conversation that I missed, probably because it came up in the context of the GE 70-ton diesels, posts I did not bother to read. Over the 20 years that I have been associated with S scale, people have talked a great deal. Real accomplishment, however, has not matched the talk. Doesn't it go that way with anything? One has to dream. If mere chatter frightens away a potential manufacturer, well, that is unfortunate, but I doubt that people wil refrain from discussing what they would like. And some will dream big and think that they can somehow produce a particular item or connect with someone who can. Usually, that does not happen. About eighteen months ago, I was a culprit: I talked about a MILW ribbed side box car and did connect with someone who produced it in O scale. He told me the price for 100 copies of the item would be about one hundred Dollars. Twenty-six people wrote me saying they would commit. Well, when I heard the price, I did not pursue further. Then Mr. Jim King produced a Southern Railway low-side gon. I contacted him, and he was interested. He says the MILW ribbed side car is on his list. The Southern low side gon is certainly a quality item. For those who do not have it, I highly recommend a purchase if their time frame coincides with that model. My point is that chatter about doing something does sometimes actually lead to production of the item. Tom PS: As for items in brass, well, I have no idea. I do not have the cash for most of that, and I suspect that many do not. Brass is a market reserved for the well-heeled, or at least for the highly paid. I see the brass market as quite apart from the plastic market. ________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
