This works great for the unpainted unlettered resin market. How does the retailer do this with decorated RTR which the vast majority of customers now expect? The most that can be done is leave off

Wouldn't it be great if you could convince dealers to do that? It's pretty common in the resin kit biz... if I bought a Sunshine or RYM kit at a show, it didn't become a specific SKU until I bought

I'm with you on this. Some innovation and automation are in order, and most of the larger manufacturers are stuck being the tail to China's dog. The decision to go there may have been a no-brainer

A few years ago at Cocoa Beach I bought several L&NE covered hopper kits at the F&C booth. Sharon reached under the table, fetched three unlabeled boxes from the stack of hopper kits, popped a set of

I think that Allen (not me) hit this on the head. What we may be seeing is what is referred to as a "death spiral" downward. Manufacturers are unwilling to take the risk of producing to stock

Jeff Coleman wrote: Thanks for the update, Jeff. Great news for many modelers! Maybe sending them a bunch of emails did work. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

In anticipation of the Boas parts, I now have sets for a Great Northern combo door car http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/GN_combo.jpg and the Northern Pacific version

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I've read a few emails in this thread. I remember when we had a hobby shop, the owner ask if I thought he should order something. I always said "I'm the last guy to ask." I would not have a clue what

This point certainly isn't lost on me. I drive an hour plus each way to a so-so hobby place that has boxed train sets, train set quality track, and whatever two year old paint no one else has wanted

Where there any cosmetic differences between the New York and Westinghouse "AB" systems? If so, which has been modeled? Bill Welch 2225 Nursery Road; #20-104 Clearwater, FL

I contacted Microscale and they informed me that data set 87-975 should be back in stock within a month. Jeff Coleman

Bruce is absolutely correct. Inflammable means a substance so labelled will burn. Safety organizations changed their labelling voluntarily since so many people thought that the prefix "in" was

There is adhesive paper made especially for printers that is similar to Contact paper but much more flexible and with much less tenacious adhesive. You can find it in packages at Office Depot and

Lost in this discussion is the fact that you can't sell what you don't have. If nobody stocks anything then why go to their brick & mortar establishment. Not all of us go to RPM, NMRA or train shows

Gents : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/100452 There was some discussion of these cars about a year ago... have fun Steve Wintner

While the problem belongs to all of us, the solution is in their court to be discovered and exploited. Assuming they're looking for a solution, and not just repeating "that's the way it has to be".

The nice thing about sims is you can fix even the worst dimensional error, push a button and re-render in a few seconds. Andy

One thing overlooked is the declining value of the dollar.With Adequate pre release information and appraising the potential market there should be fewer failed ventures.Armand Premo

Sometimes the manufacturer gets stuck. I've been on the other side of this. For a year, I operated a partnership with two friends called Keyser Car Shops to produce custom lettered B&O freight