Especially since Athearn is all too happy to sell empty blue boxes! -- Brian Ehni SNIP!

A week or 2 ago someone sent in a link to the inventory of his hobby shop. I thought that was terrific. Hobby shop owners should be a little creative in selling. Years ago between jobs I spent

Doesn't Intermountain come out with a built up SFRD reefer every so often? Do they have an inventory of parts? I'd like a couple too, the number depending on the cost. I'd like to upgrade some

could only use two or three of them though. Maybe a member poll is in order? Not to put Marty on the spot or anything, though!< I'm sure runs on the machines are scheduled for the various

I'd like a dozen. -- Brian Ehni

I'd gladly sign on for half a dozen undec SFRD reefers. Providing, of course, that Marty can persuade the powers that be at IM to produce them. Shawn Beckert

I like the idea of a re-run of the SFRD reefer kits, undec or dec. I could only use two or three of them though. Maybe a member poll is in order? Not to put Marty on the spot or anything, though!

HO! HO!! Shoot, I thought we were talking about N scale! ;> Seriously, I would be happy to have some (HO) SFRD refers (decorated though). Even though my primary scale is N, I have a lot of HO stuff

Ed, That's an interesting idea. But, don't forget that not all 900 members are in HO scale or model this time period. Mark Plank S scaler modeling late 'teens/early

In a message dated 10/28/2004 6:52:40 PM Central Standard Time, billdgoat@... writes: I'm not business oriented, but it seems that if a company ships their undec kits to China to be decorated

<<snip>> While I won't be attending this years event at Naperville (but hope to some time!), what might be nice is instead of laying on Marty about the kit situation (which is a concern to me as

Paul Gehrett wrote: referring to Intermountain undecorated kit I did notice that the thread had switched from discussing the possibility of the unavailability of decorated kits to the same for

Bill: The cost to assemble is pennies. You would need to have different packaging. Less demand for the kits that the assembled cars. The net result would be the kits would be more that the

I'm not business oriented, but it seems that if a company ships their undec kits to China to be decorated and assembled they could also specify that a certain amount (based on demand) should just be

There are many hobby shop across the country that have large inventories of kits(Mostly decorated) by Intermountain ,Branchline and Red Caboose.The problem will be greater when these inventories are

I've never had a problem ordering undec kits from the Whistle Stop or the handful of other shops I do business with. If it's available from the distributor or manufacturer, they get it -

Ted, Your answer to Clark's question reminded me... last time you mentioned it, you said that your '32 ARA book is in editing. Did I miss it, or is it still heading towards publication?

Having worked for around 10 years at "The Original Whistle Stop" in Pasadena CA. I feel confident in telling you their policy. Fred and Brian will special order anything that a customer wants. From

Why doesn't one of the dealers on this list step up to the plate and order car parts for kits from Intermountain? He can ask for reservations and then ask for prepayment. The worst that can happen

I've only seen one guide from the late 50's (WP). Save that, all of the guides I have (or have heard of) are 1939 +/- 10/11 years. My earliest is a 1929 MC guide for just Detroit. Dave Nelson