John, I'm sorry about your project and the loss of your time and money investment. As a small manufacturer, I can tell you there are going to be disappoinments and setbacks. Ask any manufacturer, for that manufacturer ask any manufacturer on this list. We've all had our failures. That is why the successses feel so good.
As for S scale dying, I don't think so, at least I can't see it in my business. No, we are not setting the world on fire, but I don't think anyone else is either. I think the great Jim Kindraka said " Scale ain't supposed to be easy", or something like that. S Scalers by and large are a hearty lot. With tens of millions unemployed or underemployed, it makes sense that discretionary spending drops, not to mention the hundreds of thousands that have already lost their homes. The good news is many are turning inward and revisiting stay at home hobbies. If you think your project is good, wait for a better time, or find different people to work with. Keep the faith, put your head down, work a little harder or find a smaller project to start with. You will succeed. Good luck. Ron Sebastian Des Plaines --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > > 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 > Scaler164@... > Disgusted to the point of... (you really don't want to know) > > > [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/
