And to echo Butch's penultimate paragraph, it it weren't for most of those
manufacturers, my tangential interest in S scale would have remained
tangential. BTS should be added
to the list (still waiting for a good week or two to build my Ma&Pa 2-8-0 kit).
And I did dig into my pocket to buy a GPM C&NW 4-6-0, painful as the sticker
shock was...
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> I'm looking forward to receiving my UP version and hearing Jim's positive
> comments about the pilot model just re-inforces why I reserved one. I know of
> few builders who hit is out of the park consistently as Boo Rim does. In
> other gauges it's a crap roll whether or not a model lives up to all the
> advertising hype. Sadly, many times the model comes in short. I just
> experienced that with some O scale E units that had some glaring mistakes
> that the importer wouldn't admit to. I've never heard of that happening with
> a Boo Rim product.
>
> The P-48 guys rave about the Boo Rim/Glacier Park O scale models, and they,
> by choice, are a group of very picky fellows. I think this speaks volumns
> about a builder RRM has used for many, many years.
>
> I can understand Jim's frustrations about loyalty too! RRM took the baton
> from OMI and hasn't stopped running since. I'm sure there were scary times in
> the beginning and considering the size of our market every new offering has
> to include considerable apprehension for RRM.
>
> I think I can safely say if it wasn't for the likes of RRM, SHS, AM, SSA and
> past companies like PRS, Southwind and a host of other unsung heros that slip
> my mind right now, S scale would still be converting AF locos and cars to
> scale operation.
>
> Dance with the one that brung ya!
>
> Butch
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