Intermountain New release with ESU

[CRR Chase]

I can understand the underwhelming reception to things from Intermountain.. GM50 can vouch for my personal disdain for them because of their failures to produce what they promise…

The only reason I shared this was for an update.. I hope they turn the corner… As N scalers we are limited, so to se a vendor “trying” to get on track I am grateful… I wish other vendors like Athearn and scale trains would push a little harder on the nscale production.. but they can only push so hard…

Some vendors aren’t trying and aren’t even willing to try… And I said directly to a vendor this past weekend…. “If you don’t build it, we can’t buy it” I won’t mention who it was but it wasn’t well received by the vendor…

With that said. I hope this is a move in the right direction for IM I hope by summer you’ll see some f units with sound… I could go on and on… but you catch the drift…

[mu26aeh]

Oh oh, I know who it is, can I say it ?!      Let's just say it's someone who doesn't do a lot of N scale

[thomasjmdavis]

Oh oh, I know who it is, can I say it ?!      Let's just say it's someone who doesn't do a lot of N scale

Well, that doesn't narrow the field very much.

Reminds me of the conversation I had at the W______ booth 15 (+/- 5) years ago when the National Train Show was in Grand Rapids.

[CRR Chase]

Oh oh, I know who it is, can I say it ?!      Let's just say it's someone who doesn't do a lot of N scale

I don’t mind that at all… but what I was trying to convey to the guy was.. there is no way to gauge what people will buy if you don’t produce it… just seemed like a lazy excuse…  especially when the conversation was “hey we love your product is there any chance at you doing them in n scale?” The dude was like… F off!!… I was like whoa! Lol. His Head was a little swollen from having a nice product, I get it..

[peteski]

Even in this day and age there is plenty of prejudice directed at N scale.

[CRR Chase]

Even in this day and age there is plenty of prejudice directed at N scale.

Indeed.. not sure why though..

[peteski]

Indeed.. not sure why though..

Because it is a "toy train" scale.  Who knows why. But seriously, there is lots of orejudice in this world about all sorts of things.

The reason I often hear about not producing N scale models of items which sell well in H0 is because their market research indicates that they will not sell enough of them in N scale to make profit.

[Angus Shops]

The latest Rapido newsletter notes that their HO center beam flat is selling really well, and that their N scale version is outselling the HO…

[dem34]

Well, makes sense. A centerbeam flat is a regular stock item from Walthers on a regular basis. When was the last time we had them in N, Red Caboose?

[Jbub]

The latest Rapido newsletter notes that their HO center beam flat is selling really well, and that their N scale version is outselling the HO…

Isn't it funny if you model something that is common throughout all North American rail networks and isn't available in N scale how well it will sell?

[Doug W]

Isn't it funny if you model something that is common throughout all North American rail networks and isn't available in N scale how well it will sell?

Yes, funny that. There are plenty of common model gaps for manufacturers to fill in N and make a decent buck.