Paul Koehler wrote: This is certainly true of the "OWS" (I wish it WAS my LHS), but then it's one of the country's best hobby shops. An awful lot of modelers are nowhere close to even a mediocre

I think it was the December MR where the editorial referred to a survey conducted by MR which revealed that 6% of modelers were strict prototype modelers. Indeed a small segment of small

For a year, I operated a partnership with two friends called Keyser Car Shops to produce custom lettered B&O freight equipment.... While we tire-kickers are fed up with sold-out preordered releases,

Tim: Hit the nail exactly on the head. My LHS "The Original Whistle Stop" has everything and you can look before buying, but they are full retail. Go to the discounters and you get what you pay

http://www.cnwhs.org/cnwhs_modeler/Modeler_5-1.pdf Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Exactly, Richard. After being burned a couple of times, I stuck with dealers (including brass dealers) who knew I would pay for items that I ordered (it's MY responsibility to know what I'm buying)

There are still some dealers who "stock up"... A month ago I visited New Jersey and made an afternoon visit to my favorite hobby shop, Sattler's in Westmont NJ. I was pleasantly surprised to see how

I think that Kadee is a shining example of how to run a model rail business selling RTR product. Consider--even though their primary product is now copied by others, they still sell a lot of

I think the thrust of this thread is the viability of model railroad freight car manufacturing business models based on using, or not using, pre-orders. I doubt Kadee will chime in with their

Good afternoon, I've recently received this kit, and opened it with the intent of building it (unlike its cousins in my closet, i suppose), and quickly noticed that I don't even know where to start.

I have the following tank cars being offered for sale. All are new, and I have separated Kits from the RTRs in the listing. RTR HO Intermountain RRCo. 46205 Frontenac 10K 3 numbers blt

Dave Evans wrote: As anyone at Kadee will tell you, they are a coupler company. That is the core of their business and dominates all other topics. Trucks are considered secondary, freight cars

Frank's HS kids probably drive Porsches and the folks at Kadee don't own one between them. Jerry Glow

While this is a SWAG would it maybe have something to do with mold makers being part of or owning the company? That way you don't have to pay for the molds! Jon Miller For me time stopped in

At the request of a customer, I've done a set for a Pere Marquette SS car to replace those in the Sunshine kit which do not fit. See: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/PM.jpg As usual,

Being very mind-full of the moderators recent reminder, I think if one compared the number of new HO car tooling sets produced by Kadee and Intermountain in the last 12-13 years, Intermountain has

Hasn't Kadee produced some nice logging cars and caboose for close to forty years?Time flies when you're having fun.Armand Premo

Stuart A. Forsyth wrote: Seems to be a mystery to the other manufacturers. I asked Frank Angstead of InterMountain that exact question last fall, and he gave a sad smile and said, "We're aware

Thanks for the clarification, Andy. Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Since the discussion about pre ordering models has reached the point in which individual companies are being referenced I will remind the members of the STMFC rules regarding manufacturers: "Personal