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Walther's position on Kit vs Ready To Run freight & passenger cars.
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I don't want to sound high and mighty but I don't call Athearn, Bowser, and Accurail kits. To me a kit should take at least a couple of hours to assemble and not a couple of minutes. If your interested in kit building get a Silver Streak or Huff-N-Puff and settle in for several <b>hours</b> of a good time. It takes almost two days to assemble an old Central Valley kit. That's the one that's made out of <b>wood</b>. I haven't built one of the resen kits yet, they're on the "to do" list but haven't gotten to the top. Most kit builders are like me, we don't buy for what we're going to do tomorrrow, we buy for what we're going to build next month or next year. I've got over 100 car kits and 25 to 30 craftsman structures, and my hobby life is probably only another 10 years. But I can dream. I still buy kits because I never know when I'll need something that I don't have. <br /> <br />Every time we go into a hobby shop we vote for RTR or kits with every dollar we spend. <br /> <br />Manufacturers are profit driven (profit is not a dirty word). They have to make what sells, the hobby shops are only going to buy what thay can sell. If you want to continue to have kits built then you'd better vote for them with your dollars. <br /> <br />Bob
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