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Very cool, Magnus. I can't wait to see the finished scene!
shayfan and others are dead on. I believe any hobby shop can make it if they do things right. In my town we have ONE hobby shop within 300 miles. The guy is the only gig in town and knows it. Charging MSRP and over in many cases is what he does and he makes money. He's an avid RC plane enthusiast and runs a club for that. He stocks trains and knows something about them, but I still know quite a bit more about most stuff than he does. But I can't blame him because he knows his market and is
I really like the scenic aspects of S curves, you just have to make sure you have a decent straight section between the two curves.
Last Chance wrote: Ebay charges you extra for everything. A simple 1.00 open bid on a widget with one picture (Free) and a short description would have not generated much fees... maybe a few cents. But should that widget close at 100.00 winning price, your fees will be approximately 15-22% of the total gross amount of auction when the sale is over. Hopefully the customer has paid the shipping in full. Your net out of that 100.00 sale is going to be about 78 dollars or so when it's all over. Alco
I think there will always be room for a well managed hobby shop. I have a LHS and I buy the odd thing from them when I'm desparate, but generally, I'll buy from an online store or ebay, especially on big ticket items. Why? First, I've special ordered stuff from there before and it took weeks or even months to get it in. Why would I wait that long when I can have it in a week to ten days from an online source? Second, everything is at MSRP and I've never been offered a cut, even on
I understand people's reluctance to put their card information on the internet, but the reality is, you are far more likely to have your card stolen at your local gas station than you are on the internet. Simply using a credit or debit card puts you in a position to have something fraudulent happen, no matter where. I have yet to be ripped off in my 12 years of banking on the internet, but I know lots of people who have had their card information stolen at the gas station or restaurant. Its just
I'm in awe every time I see that picture, Mark. That is absolutely fantastic. Where would you buy that stuff?
fredswain wrote: My layout as a kid was all Atlas code 80. It looked like a toy set though. My current set is all Kato Unitrack and I regret ever doing it. Their switches are quite frankly junk. They are very finicky and fragile. This may not be true if you are just trying to snap it together on a table top but if you are going for any semblance of realism, stay away from it. It's hard to detail. I've done it but it's very time consuming. When you open them up to see inside (or fix them
Not sure about the sight lines, but wouldn't soldering them on the backside of each rail make them almost invisible to those watching the action? I've seen that done and you really have to look for them to notice them. Just a thought.