Welcome to reality, John. We need to recognize that most S-scalers are now collecting Social Security and quite literally dying off. The good news is that there are bargains to be had in brass and old kits from the 60s. -Wes
--- On Mon, 4/11/11, John Degnan <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Degnan <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} FINAL UPDATE : Seaboard Round Roof Box Car To: "POST : (S) SSPM Group" <[email protected]>, "POST : (S) sscalemodelrailroading Group" <[email protected]>, "POST : (S) S-Scale Group" <[email protected]>, "POST : (S) Southeastern_ScaleS_modular_layout Group" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011, 7:13 AM For those of you who have been faithfully waiting on some news about the SAL round roof box car project I started over two years ago... I just got the final word last night from the manufacturer who was to produce it for me... and that word is simply this : IT AIN'T EVER GONNA HAPPEN!!! A lot of things have led to this (including the piss-poor economy)... but the main thing, I'm sure, is that out of the 88 model sales that were promised (to ME) by modelers who initially showed an interest in this model, only HALF of those sales ever (re)materialized for the manufacturer after he took over the project. So the project kept getting set back farther and farther until more sales materialized. So be it. Now, none of us who genuinely wanted one get to have one. Not only that, I've wasted a load of money on this project and TWO YEARS worth of my time! Thanks a lot, S scale! I guess I should probably give up on my Scale Gearbox Projects as well... lest I waste even more time and money on this dieing scale... John Degnan [email protected] Disgusted to the point of... (you really don't want to know) [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: [email protected] [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/
