All,
I realize that Walters
has in the past been a savior to the modeler. But, with that said, they
hold hobby shops hostage if they are a Walters dealer by allowing them to only
order from Walters instead of allowing them to direct to the manufacture if
Walters is out of stock, and Walters only orders by batch so they wait to get
enough to make an order to where they get their reduced price. Remember,
Walters has dropped many lines, many manufactures have dropped Walters because
of the hostage taking of shops. Nice to start their to see if the thing
is available. But shop manufactures I. being 125 miles from a local hobby
shop, use a direct line to the manufacture and am very very satisfied with the
response I receive. Yes, I save a list for my local hobby shop 125
miles away, and try to buy big from him when I am there. But if I go to a
shop and am told they can order it for me I know I can call the manufacture get
the order in a week and it will be done. While the hobby shop has to wait
for Walters to get enough orders to justify ordering from the
manufacture. No, I am not anti hobby shop, but a little biased about
Walters and the way they operate. I do try to support every hobby shop I
walk into and buy what I need.
Harold Huber
Ultimate Research, LLC
Sheridan,
WY
I have searched the Walthers catalog for a
6 foot 5 window baggage door as used on the Q's baggage and RPO cars and have
yet to find any that match that size.