Seems like a reasonable guess. I had to succumb and get a set of drug store
reading glasses to help me find the dimples to drill out with my #80 bit so
I could install the wire grabs on my CB&Q waycars. And yet, now that I've
built fifty or so kits, I'm ready to start trying to paint and decal a few.
My fleet has grown mostly because I could get kits for $10-15 CDN. It won't
grow much at $30+ for a RTR. Hope those kits don't vanish altogether.
Duncan Cameron
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From: "Jerry Krueger" <jakrueg@neo.rr.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Broadway Ltd Cal Zephyr Cars @ Trainfest
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> > On the Intermountain front, I fully agree with Mr. Manley. The hobby has
> become "a pull it out of the box and run it". As far as the manufacturers,
> they are just keeping up with the trend. Bucking trends in business is
> sometimes a recipe for disaster. We all know that if you find a store that
> still stocks some kits, they generally have some "real estate" collected
on
> the box.
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> > Jim Becker
> > Mokena, IL
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> I was thinking about this the other day. Could the lack of kits be a
> function an aging modeler base? As one gets older and their eyesight gets
a
> little worse, maybe the ability to assemble some of these finer kits is
> compromised, while at the same time their income level increases
(including
> disposable income since Billy and Suzie are out of the house) and they
will
> pay the premium for a RTR, well detailed kit?
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> Me preference is still to by the kit and build it when possible. So far
my
> eyesight hasn't gone yet!!
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> Jerry K
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