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Westerfield <westerfield@...>
There are rewards to the business. How often does your boss tell you you're doing a great job? We get that on an almost daily basis. Just as importantly, when folks lay out their hard-earned money they validate all the long hours we put in. We work for way-below minuimum wage and make up for it by putting in long hours.
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The idea of just running off a few hundred kits a week is not reality. You deal with making molds, repairing patterns, ordering material, handling complaints, issuing publicity, writing instructions, cursing cranky computer programs, etc. At the Toronto NMRA convention I gave a clinic entitled A Two-Hour MBA on the Business of Model Railroading. I introduced it with the example of Wayne Wesolowski and Bill Schaumburg who, many years ago, started a small business together manufacturing wood structures. They went crazy doing the same things over and over, quitting after a few months. The reality is that manufacturing is drudgery. The R&D is fun but that's what you do when there's time in the evening after the production is done. From time to time we get resume's from persons wanting to be model makers (obviously, we try to look bigger than we really are). We never get ones wanting to be resin pourers. - Al ----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Dermody To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Cal Scale (Bowser) AB brakes > > > Ted's comments about replacing brake components found in resin kits > hits home with me. > > I like the old CalScale sets now offered Bowser or similar ones in > the Bowser GLA hopper kits. > > Has anyone bought more than a couple of these sets directly from > Bowser at a discount? $3 is a little pricy. > > Can someone identify the source of the plastic brake sets included > with the Sunshine tank car kits? They are pretty nice too. How about > a savings on them? > > Finally the air tank casting in the Cal Scale/Bowser kit is a lot > larger than the one from Tichy.Are they both accurate or is one > oversized or undersized? > > Ed > Ed, Bowser does sell the AB in bulk (190-50283, at $99.95 for 50 sets). They also sell the KC set at the same price, but for some inexplicable reason, you get 100 sets. I can't believe there's enough difference in the shot cost to make the AB's double the price of the KC's, but at least it gets the price down to $2.00 a set. Dick Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Jack Burgess <jack@...>
Al...
I happy to hear that there are at least some rewards to compensate for the long hours and low wages! I remember an article that you wrote MANY years ago (probably for RMC) in which you argued that, if you wanted to build a large model railroad layout, you needed to start in your prime (not when you finally retire) and allocate sufficient dollars and hours to the project. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to ever finish it. I always thought that it was excellent advice. So, how is your layout coming along.....<g> Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com |
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Denny Anspach <danspach@...>
Jack Burgess quotes Al Westerfield-
... if you wanted to build a large model railroad layout,...and for some of us, perhaps, discouraging advice as well. Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, California |
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Schuyler Larrabee
Jack Burgess quotes Al Westerfield-railroad layout,... if you wanted to build a large model you needed toretire) and allocatestart in your prime (not when you finally Otherwise, yousufficient dollars and hours to the project. wouldn't beit wasable to ever finish it. I always thought that excellent advice.advice as well. Take heart, Denny. Harold Werthwein started his Erie Railroad Delaware Division layout (a true spectacular) after he built a new basement after retirement. Oh, right, house, too. Audrey insisted. SGL |
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John Fitts <jefitts2003@...>
I would happily volunteer my time as a resin pourer (actually have done that work), but it's a long commute from Evanston to Crossville. Anyway, Al, I really do appreciate your work, your reasonable prices, quick delivery time, and your ongoing commitment to prototype fidelity.
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Now if you would just bring back those Heinz reefers and the Yellow Kid, I'd be one happy fella! And incidentally, I'm not technically a model railroader: I build 'em and put 'em on a shelf. Westerfield <westerfield@...> wrote: There are rewards to the business. How often does your boss tell you you're doing a great job? We get that on an almost daily basis. Just as importantly, when folks lay out their hard-earned money they validate all the long hours we put in. We work for way-below minuimum wage and make up for it by putting in long hours. The idea of just running off a few hundred kits a week is not reality. You deal with making molds, repairing patterns, ordering material, handling complaints, issuing publicity, writing instructions, cursing cranky computer programs, etc. At the Toronto NMRA convention I gave a clinic entitled A Two-Hour MBA on the Business of Model Railroading. I introduced it with the example of Wayne Wesolowski and Bill Schaumburg who, many years ago, started a small business together manufacturing wood structures. They went crazy doing the same things over and over, quitting after a few months. The reality is that manufacturing is drudgery. The R&D is fun but that's what you do when there's time in the evening after the production is done. From time to time we get resume's from persons wanting to be model makers (obviously, we try to look bigger than we really are). We never get ones wanting to be resin pourers. - Al ----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Dermody To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Cal Scale (Bowser) AB brakes > > > Ted's comments about replacing brake components found in resin kits > hits home with me. > > I like the old CalScale sets now offered Bowser or similar ones in > the Bowser GLA hopper kits. > > Has anyone bought more than a couple of these sets directly from > Bowser at a discount? $3 is a little pricy. > > Can someone identify the source of the plastic brake sets included > with the Sunshine tank car kits? They are pretty nice too. How about > a savings on them? > > Finally the air tank casting in the Cal Scale/Bowser kit is a lot > larger than the one from Tichy.Are they both accurate or is one > oversized or undersized? > > Ed > Ed, Bowser does sell the AB in bulk (190-50283, at $99.95 for 50 sets). They also sell the KC set at the same price, but for some inexplicable reason, you get 100 sets. I can't believe there's enough difference in the shot cost to make the AB's double the price of the KC's, but at least it gets the price down to $2.00 a set. Dick Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! |
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pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
--- In STMFC@..., John Fitts <jefitts2003@y...> wrote:
I would happily volunteer my time as a resin pourer (actually havedone that work), but it's a long commute from Evanston to Crossville. Anyway, Al, I really do appreciate your work, your reasonable prices, quick delivery time, and your ongoing commitment to prototype fidelity. Kid, I'd be one happy fella! And incidentally, I'm not technically a model railroader: I build 'em and put 'em on a shelf. I'd suggest that you qualify as a model railroader. At least you build them rather than buy them and hide them on your shelfs and wait for your executor to dispose of them. Pierre Oliver |
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