Take it from another self-employed: Business is tough right now. This is the new norm. Don¹t know about the rest of you, but I have a very narrow set of priorities in this era. Instead of spending X-number of dollars on S, I am now spending x number of dollars. In the best of times S, especially S scale is a difficult sell, as we all know. So, thanks to __________________whomever we want to blame, we are looking at fewer cottage industries, fewer customers in the S scale arena for the foreseeable future. Last time it was this bad it took a world war to help pull us out. God forbid such a thing. Roy
on 4/11/11 8:09 AM, Pieter Roos at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > I guess spring is "doom and gloom" season now. The Steam Era freight car list > has a similar thread to the effect that prototype modeling is doomed now that > Westerfield is retired and Sunshine may be planning to quit in the foreseeable > future. This is HO, with a a selection of models in the 100s of different cars > (if you are willing to build resin kits). > > Please keep in mind, this is not big-buck styrene injection molding, and any > of us who are competent scratch builders can learn to make a mold to produce > multiple models. Most of us probably don't want to start a for-profit > business, but some form of exchange can develop, or very limited sales to > recover material costs. Unlike the 1960's when AF when away and the most that > the majority of home manufactures could produce was bundles of sticks and a > few stampings or pot metal castings. > > Pieter E. Roos > > > > [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/
