Martin may operate that way but we don't. We don't batch except for brand new kits or for a show. Otherwise, if you order it, we make it for you on a FIFO basis. We rarely take longer than 10 days

Strange as it sounds, I think this is Dave - The price of the "market basket" service is too great for a company as small as ours. Believe me, we've checked it out. The program we use for our web

John Nehrich wrote John, It wasn't me. I've always known that the Ertl car was based on the RPI Shop model of the MEC gondola, and I've said so many times. The Ertl cars were all based on models,

No. ;o) Haven't you ever "back-ordered" something from Walthers? Or put in a reservation for a piece of brass? Model railroaders are used to waiting, and waiting, and waiting... Timothy O'Connor

Shawn Most Sunshine masters are NOT made by Martin -- a large number of them have been made by Frank Hodina. From what I gather some models are collaborative efforts by several master makers. I agree

Hi Guys, Been following this resin thread and would like to offer up a comment or two. I get the feeling from Martin that he is very happy doing business the way he does. In case you haven't

Well, I'm afraid Richard Hendrickson's prediction of a kit-less future may be fast approaching... I called Intermountain today, to find out why the sideframes on all my F-unit drives were already

Although Al Westerfield may not directly benefit from the value of his passenger cars on Ebay, he may benefit in the long run if people begin to think of Westerfield kits as "collector items". In

Byron, I simply made a sugestion that Martin look into a website...I felt that it would be a good way to showcase his work, avoid sending out sheaf after sheaf of catalogue pages and so forth...if he

If you are going to do mail order for Al's kits you'll get a better deal from Matt at: Between the Bookends 6320 C Baseline Road Little Rock, AR. 72209 or mdillow@... But next time you

Based on the reply I received the person selling the kits (Thomas Baldwin) may have purchased the items before Gronski died or may have offered his widow (if he had one) a package deal. Anyway it

Come on Tony, I think that Tom was referring to the alive guy who put the kits on ebay. I seriously doubt that he expected Bob to rise again just to do that. It's the alive guy who's raking in the

On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:24:18 -0700 "Dave & Libby Nelson" <muskoka@...> writes: Having ordered from both parties, I can provide a very slanted answer to that, at least in the case of ordering

Tom Madden wrote: You forgot to mention that the guy died also. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Not for everything, but for some kits. Making the masters is the surest way to see the project completed.

Hello STMFC-Enthusiast, my main reason for biding for those kits, is that this is an easy way to get them. I used to live on the other side of the (Atlantic) pond. For those kits on ebay, I don't

I think it was someone on this group, but I can't remember who, that I said the Ertl gon must be based on the ACL car, as the MEC car had Dreadnaught ends. I came across Chuck Yungkurth's article in

I am reminded of the Cannon & Co. ad in the current RMC, which exhorts us to, "Get off the internet and build a model!" [or something like that]. Regards, -Jeff -- Jeff Aley

a inventory immediately Tim, Isn't there another edge to that sword? In other words, isn't it likely that people WON'T order items that are not in stock? This could cause problems because then

the the order I don't know, but I'm one of them. I have no problem whipping out an email message to whomever, but ask me to print it out and mail it as a letter, and I won't do it. I'm glad to know