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Yeah, I heard George make that statement (I'm not sure where; it might have been in the new Allen Keller video), and he's probably right. And I have to agree with you about the investment angle. It's unfortunate because the speculators gobble up as many kits as they can, drive prices up, and screw the serious modelers who only want a good kit to build and display as a diorama or on their layout. Even so, true collectors (such as the folks I mentioned in my earlier posting) , who collect for the love of the object, still often refer to their collections in terms of monetary worth/market value. It's an interesting dichotomy. As an aside, if you're into scratch building or "scratchkits," you should try one of Brett Gallant's SierraWest kits sometime. They're simply outstanding! All of his "Deer Creek" series kits feature board-by-board and board-on-board construction (no scribed siding!), and the construction manuals are complete courses in scratchbuilding in themselves. (These kits are like the FSM's: they usually go quickly and then reappear months later at double the original price. Grrrr.) Mike
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