mow vehicles

[ljudice]

Since I always complain about it, I thought I would offer this link...  I am not sure about biting though. I have several of their other models and they are pretty crude. I would have hugely preferred if they were not painted (that resin they use seems to go bonkers in paint remover) - and maybe if they provided them without cabs (to use the new Atlas cabs).

http://toys.search.ebay.com/m-of-w_N-Scale_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQdfspZ2QQfclZ3QQfposZ08827QQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ19119QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs

[Allentown Hump]

Those things look so bad that they don't even qualify for the "Three Foot Rule"!

[ljudice]

6 feet under?

[daniel_leavitt2000]

I see that Wilbur/Burt/Paula's Hobbies are back again under a new name. These things change hands more then LBF tooling.

The products from this company suck. THere is no nice way to put it. They make the old Magnuson Models trucks look great in comparison.

It would be nice if GHQ started a run of MofW vehicles. Most companies use Chevy and GMC, which are bot very prevelent in N scale. Another possibility would be CinC, which also tooled the Showcase vehicles. They have an 80's era Chevy C60.

[DKS]

I see that Wilbur/Burt/Paula's Hobbies are back again under a new name. These things change hands more then LBF tooling.

The products from this company suck. THere is no nice way to put it. They make the old Magnuson Models trucks look great in comparison.

Just to make it worse, a number of their items are ripped off from other mfg's. And if you read their feedback, this guy has a serious attitude. I avoid at all cost.

[ljudice]

Making just the back portion (no cab) would be a good project for Engineshop or Mark4Design - using the Atlas kitbasher series for the cab (avoiding licensing issues)

This was the genius of the kitbasher series idea, surely the most innovative model railroading product to come along in 10-20 years.  :

[Walkercolt]

GHQ may have lost money on everything they did in N-scale, unfortunatley. I don't think he wants to play anymore. He does far better with the war-gamers(1/300th?) than with N-scale. I've forgotten his name....but he still has the molds for the stuff he made in N-scale, but he's not producing much of the stuff he's made preveously.

[3rdrail]

GHQ may have lost money on everything they did in N-scale, unfortunatley. I don't think he wants to play anymore. He does far better with the war-gamers(1/300th?) than with N-scale. I've forgotten his name....but he still has the molds for the stuff he made in N-scale, but he's not producing much of the stuff he's made preveously.

His name is Gregg Scott. A big problem he has had with his locomotive conversion kits is that by the time he gets them to market, the base mechanism is no longer available. The "pre-order" or "reservation" method of production has made such conversions very difficult to sell profitably. As to the vehicles, I understand some sold well and some didn't, AFAIK, he is still producing those that sell.

[DKS]

GHQ may have lost money on everything they did in N-scale, unfortunatley. I don't think he wants to play anymore. He does far better with the war-gamers(1/300th?) than with N-scale. I've forgotten his name....but he still has the molds for the stuff he made in N-scale, but he's not producing much of the stuff he's made preveously.

His name is Gregg Scott. A big problem he has had with his locomotive conversion kits is that by the time he gets them to market, the base mechanism is no longer available. The "pre-order" or "reservation" method of production has made such conversions very difficult to sell profitably. As to the vehicles, I understand some sold well and some didn't, AFAIK, he is still producing those that sell.

He's still making new N scale stuff. The garbage truck and REA truck are relatively new, IIRC.

[ljudice]

I've started practicing styrene scratchbuilding to do some of these myself. Nothing to show yet.

I can't believe these would not be huge sellers if done correctly.

BTW - that "tie crane" is clearly ripped from the REM Jimbo Crane.

Lou

[Walkercolt]

Yeah, Gregg. I've talked to him at an N-scale Convention and at a couple of shows, and on the phone...just lost the name. When I talked to him, the sales of the N-scale stuff wasn't like he wanted/ needed to keep several items in production. A common problem with N-scale kits of almost anything. Everybody from detail parts to vehicles needs more sales to be viable, but the kits don't sell that well, nor do detail parts to "Joe Average". I don't know the question...not to mention the answer. ???

[engineshop]

I send e-mails to GHQ asking to re-run the modern semi trucks but he told me he would not do it since the cost of pewter is so high that he would lose money. Unfortunately he did not believe that N-scaler would pay what it costs as long as we have the model availlable.

The pre-painted MOW models look really bad and you cannot remove the paint. Even mild alcohol will soften resin. If they would offer undecorated models, I might give it a try.