Peter: Not the best news, but if a demand really exists, likely a new manufacturer will move in to fill the void. I read the blog entries and thought this one was probably the most insightful:
Mon, 2013-05-20 16:38 NYWB "I'm afraid that this was not an unanticipated development and likely to be only one in a successive line of discontinuations to come. The hobby itself has been shrinking in numbers for some time now and concurrent with this about a dozen years ago there was a major shift in its very nature, from being a group of hobbyists highly interested in building and painting their own models to one mainly about the purchasing and operating of RTR miniature trains and rolling stock. The craftsman side of the hobby is slowly dying to judge by what one sees dominant on most other popular forums, with the true craftsmen largely withdrawing to small specialized forums." Even S Scale's long held moniker as the "Craftsman's Scale" has pretty much succumbed. In the recently completed NASG member survey, Buying RTR and Buying Used RTR finished first and second in buying intent. Scratch Building finished fifth - out of five choices! The only constant is change... Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <groups@...> wrote: > > If you are a member of the Sn3 Yahoo Group, you will have already read > that Testors is getting out of the Floquil/PollyScale/Pactra paint > business. I just found the official notice posted on the MRH web site: > > http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/13972 > > - Peter. > ------------------------------------ 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/
