You do not have to wait for a refund to order anything. Happy to take your money now.
Your refund for the cancelled convention car will come from the NASG convention folks. We did not take any deposit on the project. We trusted them as we had every reasonable expectation the project would be completed on time. I believe the funds for the cars were deposited in an escrow account so they are refunding the funds they accepted. I have been told that some refunds have been made so you may wish to check with those folks. Ron Sebastian Des Plaines Hobbies/S Scale America I hope this answers all of the questions. --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Thanks Ron, > > I haven't received my refund yet, but when I do I'll get one on order > your way. Since my RR is more than full of rolling stock, I can order > one and make it fit, but more is an issue. > > I'm glad the car is a success for your business. It's nice to hit a > home run once in a while. And I don't have an issues with kits, I > would guess that half of my rolling stock is either vintage wooden kits > or PRS/Smokey/laser versions kits. I don't build them as fast as I used > to but they still give me hours of fun-work. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > > Mr. Were, > > > > I am probably the person to ask and hope to clear up any confusion. > > You are correct that the CGW assembled convention cars were cancelled. > > The convention committee felt that it was prudent to cancel the > > project as we were unable to deliver the cars and could not guarantee > > delivery in six more months. The ultimate responsibilty for this > > failure is mine as I took the job. I could parrot excuses, but the > > facts don't change, the assembled cars didn't happen. > > As tooling corrections were made and additional tooling was completed, > > we decided to release the car as a kit, with the results introduced at > > the 2013 NMRA convention in Atlanta with initial deliveries made at > > the NASG convention in Scranton. A PRR car in Scranton, PA only seemed > > appropriate. Apparently, it was as it has been the fastest selling > > project we have ever done. As some know, we ran out and had to put > > more kits together. > > > > Regarding the CGW decals and others, the art for assembled cars was > > completed almost three years ago. Preparation for decal art is simply > > a matter of rearranging the art elements and adding items for a more > > comprehensive decal set. > > > > I hope this clears up any confusion. > > > > Additionally, the question of assembly jigs has come up. I have > > assembled over a dozen of the cars without the assisance of an > > assembly fixture. The cars we displayed in Atlanta and Scranton were > > assembled without any fixtures. The cars were inspected by many with > > no apparent issues. > > > > Trucks. We also had the correct PRR 2D-F8 truck tooled and parts shot, > > but do not have a source of 33" wheels to offer them at a reasonable > > price. We will keep working on that. > > > > Doors. We have been asked to make the doors available as a seperate > > part. I will have more doors run and will add them to our web store > > shortly. > > > > Lastly, I have been asked if there will be any other variations of the > > car done. All I can say at this point is it took a long time to get to > > this point, But one would have to have rocks in his head not to do > > variations of such an essential car. > > > > Ron Sebastian > > Des Plaines Hobbies/S Scale America > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, Bob > > Werre <bob@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm a bit confused here, and I really don't know who to ask to set > > > things straight. If I'm not in error here, Walt Jopke announced that > > > the CGW convention cars were not going to happen and our money was > > going > > > to be refunded. Now I see that the car is now available and that the > > > artwork will be coming. Does this mean that my car will be coming from > > > the Duluth Convention folks or do I re-order from DesPlains? > > > > > > Bob Werre > > > PhotoTraxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/21/13 8:25 PM, dphobbies wrote: > > > > > > > > We have shipped all of the orders for the X29 kits. They are now > > > > restocked at the shop and we finally have enough inventory to put > > them > > > > on our webstore at www.desplaineshobbies.com > > > > The stock numbers are SSA700 for the panel door, SSA701 for the > > > > Youngstown door and SSA702 for the kit with Creco doors. > > Additionally, > > > > we received a restock of the Great Decals PRR X29 decal set. > > > > Decal art has been completed for the CGW car and art for the LNE car > > > > has been started. > > > > > > > > There were a couple hiccups on the first cars shipped and the cars > > > > delivered at Scranton. Some cars were labeled with the wrong doors > > and > > > > those have been replaced. Also, we had at least two cars assembled > > > > with at least one end installed upside down. Easy to do if you are > > not > > > > paying attention. > > > > > > > > Ron Sebastian > > > > Des Plaines Hobbies/S Scale America > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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