[PRR-talk] ROCKVILLE Tower Kit Project Cancelled

[AR KITS]

Hi All,
I normally do not get involved with discussion about product and coming from 
Down Under and having not seen the presample in question I cannot and will 
not comment on the scale of the kits.

The question I ask is what is a manufacturer doing getting involved in 
comment and if I am reading correctly holding the modeller to ransom by 
cancelling the project and putting on hold any future projects. The modeller 
has to remember that no kit can be 100% perfect otherwise you would not even 
be able to pick it up it would be so thin. The other thing that gets me 
nowdays is the lack of intestinal fortitude of manufactures worldwide to 
take on a project unless the modeller promises to finance his efforts and 
then and only then will they commence.

I was directed to a site where a manufacture is putting up a proposed 
N&W/PRR/B&O H2 3 bay hopper. I have been looking for these for my layout, 
then I find that the project may not go ahead, so I go to register for the 
project to commit to buy 24 as starters but they want my CC Details before 
the whole event has happened. What happens if I kick the bucket, what 
happens if they take the money straight away and then go bust, who is the 
idiot. Not me they can have their expensive model and I will make my own 
pattern and cast as many as I want.
Manufacturers have responsibilities. They want to be in the business get out 
there and compete and do not ask the modeller to be your banker. Produce a 
good product and the modeller will support you.

I am a manufacturer, www.arkits.com and I would dare not be so bold so as to 
threaten my clients. My aim is to work with the modeller or not at all. I 
produce kits of rolling stock and a lot more. Take on board what the 
modeller has offered and get on with it. If you made a mistake own up to it, 
fix it at your expense and get on with the project. This whole argey bargey 
can have an on going effect as to the credability of the manufacturer and it 
is true "do ten good things and it will take months for it to get around, do 
one bad thing and it nowdays only takes seconds to get around" Single out 
one group and you will get singled out by all groups.

I have found the best policy now is to shut my mouth and do all my homework 
to get it as right as I can, get it tested by a confidant and then get it 
out.

If the modeller cannot get what he wants then there is the other 
alternative, Scratch build it, and share your experience with friends.

Remember the slogan of Model Railroader "Model Railroading Is Fun".

I am building a layout called "The Sharks Nest". N Scale and even though 
there is a reasonable model of RF16 out there I still prefer the old V Line 
shell, now Delux Innovations, and what I can do with it rather than buying 
the RTR. I am the president of my railroad and I only have to make me happy 
and if I share some experience along the way and make someone else happy 
"BONUS!!!!!!!!"

I hope that this is the last time I speak in this manner in this forum as I 
would rather get on with having fun and when PRR Exchange has something to 
say go there and have a look at what is available and do something about it.

This is 2 Jan 2008 and a Happy New Year and Happy Modelling to all.

Al Cutmore
AR Kits


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Hom" <b.hom at worldnet.att.net>
To: "PRR Talk" <prr-talk at dsop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PRR-talk] ROCKVILLE Tower Kit Project Cancelled


> Ted Andrews wrote:
> "One thing that is troubling is the quote by the manufacturer. I hope that
> we (PRR fans) are not getting a reputation of being hyper-critical 
> ingrates
> who rip into any manufacturer that does not produce a Pennsy model 100%
> perfect."
>
> and
>
> "I guess my point is that criticism toward major conceptual flaws in a 
> model
> are valid. However, minor shortcomings that can be fixed by some modelers
> that choose to do so should be toned down accordingly."
>
> Ted, you're on point, but in this case you need to get the facts straight.
> The major problem with the prior tower project in question was that it was
> grossly out of scale.  In point of fact, the model was much closer to S
> scale than the HO scale model that it purported to be.  This rates a low
> grade on any grading scale.
>
>
> Ben Hom
>
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