Re: Random Thoughts from my two articles in Volume 3 of Speedwitch's Modeling Journal
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I had a conversation with Dick at the NMRA convention in Valley Forge and
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also got the same impression of "tunnel vision" ... and without a doubt his kits had problems. But then Branchline and Proto2000, who produced some of the finest kits available, also folded up and sold out. So I think at least part of the problem was there was already a huge shift underway to RTR by the late 1980's. A one-man shop or any very small business without Chinese manufacturing partners is fighting a strong head wind in this hobby, especially with the decline in local hobby shops to stock kits for the "browsers". Tim O'Connor I rarely comment on other people's business; today I'll make an exception. Dick fell into the trap that many smaller manufacturers do... they become "married" to one tool shop and refuse to see the limitations of that shop. Eastern Car Works is another example. Dick relied on the same toolmaker from the beginning to the end of his business... If Lloyd said it couldn't be done, by golly, it couldn't, don't bother me with the pesky detail that others are obviously doing it. |
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