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Bryan: I'm afraid Rapido will disappoint you forever..... we will never have several N scale products delivering a quarter... and short of MT I don't know who consistently does that so I guess we'll continue to disappoint you - sorry mate. I don't know if you guys read the updates I put up here on Railwire; I think we do a pretty good job of being open about our progress on stuff; our problems and all that - maybe I'm wrong. I've shared factory photo's of progress on GMD-1's on Panarama cars and in process drawings on the FL9 - not sure who else does that. I've given updates on the OB's (I have a first off sample on my desk and have worked on corrections for the tooling shop - tooling remains a road block for many - ask other manufacturers and they will confirm that fact.) and continue to do so whenever there is news.We are shooting for an OB sample we can be proud of for Springfield. The reefer is being made at another factory; the same one doing the N GMD-1 and they are quite adept at getting things done on time - the N GMD-1 being well into production right now. I don't expect any delays from them,The Turbo.... please show me the ad, magazine, sales sheet or other announcement that says "Rapido is making an N scale Turbo"...., what date was it due..? You can't because we never announced it. Yes; Jason has consistently said we will make an N scale turbo; he's teased it to gauge interest; Jason wants to make lots of N scale stuff.... but until we announce it can you hold us responsible for not making it ? An N scale turbo is a complex and costly venture - we have to be able to produce a high quality model, one we will put our name on - we have to have the technology 100%, we have to have capacity, funds to tool it and be ready to market it.... we;'re not there yet. So, until we announce it, please stop blaming us for not delivering it.... that seems fair to me anyway.