I don't recall what the organization made in profit but I know they were not money losing projects. Remember, the reason for the ACF Covered Hopper project was to get models built to the "new" NASG wheel standards into people's hands! We did not intend to lose money doing that, but it was not the primary reason...
Dan and I (RRM) imported the Milwaukee Road 40' cars in two versions, one with Youngstown and one with Superior doors. NASG had no projects at the time so we offered the entire run of Youngstown door versions to NASG to be sold to their members; so in a way it was a risk free project for the NASG... http://www.riverraisinmodels.com/photogal/history/olympian.gif Jim Kindraka (Just returned from Atlanta to find snow in Wisconsin - fancy that...!) --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Jim, Don't forget about the Milwaukee ribbed sided cars--seems like > those we available from the NASG as wel,l in a painted version and > unpainted from you and Dan. Is that correct? > > It's too bad the brass car projects have died, although the NASG did > sponsor the UP map herald cars from PRS in plastic, which I cherish! I > recall that the Rail Runner project was the last effort for that > program. I was under the impression that the association made some good > dollars for the piggy bank! > > Bob Werre > > > On 11/8/11 7:00 PM, raisinone wrote: > > > > The airslide was not an NASG sponsored model, it was River Raisin's > > first stand alone production model- in two versions. > > > > http://www.riverraisinmodels.com/photogal/history/airslidelate.gif > > > > NASG did sponsor two covered hoppers, the ACF Type II and Type III > > cars, and five versions of the ACF 10,000 gallon tank car before the > > organization killed brass car projects. > > > > Jim Kindraka > > > > > > [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/
