Ed, yes I'll have to contact him after the convention--maybe he'll be there since he lives on the left coast!
Bob Werre > > Bob, > > Tom is now offering a RoundHouse with more of a Eastern RR look in 90 > and 120' lengths. > This RH has a different style roof and rectanular doors and windows. > Have to tried to call him lately? He has been very responsive to my > emails and phone calls. I have no problm forwarding this info to Tom > but would rather you try to contact him for a resolution first. > > His orders are well above last year so maybe he is just swamped. > > Ed Sauers > > --- On Wed, 6/22/11, Bob Werre <[email protected] > <mailto:bob%40phototraxx.com>> wrote: > > From: Bob Werre <[email protected] <mailto:bob%40phototraxx.com>> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Altoona Model Works > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 10:46 AM > > > > Ed, > > I have in my possession one of the engine house kits plus the machine > shop kit. I was supposed to build it and do a review for the S > gaugian. I had built much of the machine shop and was about to began on > the engine house. Unfortunately the written instructions didn't match > the drawings--nothing matched, resulting in confusion. At that point I > contacted Tom, who was traveling at the time. He later understood the > problem and was going to make some corrections. I've never heard back > from him. > > When I write any kind of product review, I have to decide how to > approach such a situation. If the kit is great, I'll mention it. If > the kit has some problems, I'll try and reach the manufacturer to seek a > remedy because it doesn't do anybody any good to just badmouth a > product. However, I won't deceive readers and possible purchasers > either. So I'm still waiting for corrected instructions---guess he's > forgotten about me! > > I will say that they look like neat buildings, but with also some of the > most unusual framing of the building. I've built dozens and dozens of > kits but never one remotely like that one. I was looking forward to > it. The version of the engine house I have is very short so unless he's > changed it won't hold most of our engines. It's seems ideal for a > logging/mining or other shortline uses. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx.com > [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/
