I think we are talking at cross-purposes here; I don't recall objecting to the
cost of this particular kit (which I have
not seen, nor apparently anyone except the original poster), but rather to the
choice of prototype as not being
especially useful for most S scale modelers. In fact, I spoke highly of the
quality of a similar kit selling for about
the same price.
And not everyone necessarily wants a superkit with all the added details;
sometimes a basic structure suffices.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> Jace,
>
> Please consider what you get when you talk about cost, the micro-scale kits
> include a lot of detail items (gas pumps, signs, outside light fixtures, etc)
> that don't come with other kits and you should also consider the quality of
> the
> kit itself, these are high quality products.
>
> Ed Sauers
>
>
>
> I wondered the same. Another problem might be that switch towers are a
> limited
> interest item; I bought a similar
> kit (by Model Tech of a B&O prototype, which sells for about the same money),
> and it is very nice, but if I hadn't
> gotten it at an attractive price from another list member, I doubt I would
> have
> bothered, as shortlines and branchlines
> didn't need them. Even those modeling larger operations don't need very many,
> and for what his kit costs, most of
> us might want to spend that on a structure that is more general.
>
> Except perhaps for fairly famous kinds of structures, I'd think the greater
> demand would be for smallish industrial
> and commercial prototypes, the kind that justify a siding (like the Sunkist
> packing house, which can be used for other
> purposes--as I intend--and moreover is a low-profile structure).
>
> Jace Kahn
>
> General Manager
> Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
>
> > Only sold 3... sounded disappointed... didn't want photographs
> > taken... I think I'm detecting a flaw in his marketing strategy.
> >
> > Chris Borgmeyer
> >
> >
> > >Micro-Scale models had their first S scale model, a switch tower.
> > The owner said he had only sold 3, and sounded disappointed. He didn't
> > want photographs taken, but the structure had a somewhat George Selios/
> > F&SM look to it and listed at $89.95
>
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