Malcolm--In a previous life-time (16 years in the toy business), I did a lot of importing from the Orient and I can tell you from "cubing out containers" that...
I bought some of these for $0.99 when first listed (yep, 99 centavos for 4). They're Buy-it-now price was $19.99 but I got it from the auction listing,...
... Steve, I did not think Malcolm implied that his containers are the only ones correct. You have to factor in that Marklin and FR also have released...
... Rob--Malcolm said "MTL containers are pretty close to prototype dimensions (but not exact)" and you said "The fact is MTL containers are very close to MCZ,...
What's wrong Steve? Are you having a bad day? Was this post at all necessary? I don't believe that Malcolm wrote ANYTHING here to imply that his containers ...
GENTLEMEN: As Kez says, please contain your feelings, take a deep breathe, calm down, have a smoke if that's your thing, and think about what a comment made in...
I don't know who is right or wrong here. I'm just glad my modeling era ends in 1940. There are so few options in Z for we steam folks that there isn't much to...
Hey Jim, Since your modeling era ends in 1940, I better not see any modern diesels putt putting around your track or I'll have to issue you a 'out of era' ...
Oh great John, Now I have to come down there and write Jim a ticket.......no, wait, I already knew about Jim's diesel loco.....a NP I think. I sold it to him...
Ztrains.com: Grassinator News May 5, 2009 As many of you know the negative ion generator used in my plans for the Grassinator is no longer available from...
Brilliant (excuse the pun!). They are advertised here at £0.99 ($1.47) and £6.00 (~$9) postage and that seems to be the same for the US. I suspect that teh...
Last night, the moderators have placed another member on moderated status. This is the second member is just as many months to have this done. While these...
Ztrack is looking for photos of your Z scale switchers! We are working on a three part series on yards, siding and spurs. As a sidebar to this series, we would...
John, The article with the yards is scheduled for the July/August issue. I would need the photos by the end of June. Thanks! Rob Ztrack Magazine Ltd. 6142...
There is quite a lot of activity here in the Ztrack Offices. I wanted to take a moment and alert everyone to some inventory updates for Ztrack products and AZL...
I think we also need to agree not to promote our products at the expense of someone elses. I don't have a problem with customers having loyalties or comparing...
... Rob--Malcolm said "MTL containers are pretty close to prototype dimensions (but not exact)" and you said "The fact is MTL containers are very close to MCZ,...
Joe, You are correct, a manufacturer has every right to defend a product. But it is how one does it that matters. I have challenged the manufacturers in the ...
I totally agree with Joe. John Bartolotto From: z_scale@yahoogroups.com [mailto:z_scale@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe DAmato Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009...
I agree that we should continue this prototype property vs. model scale replication in a positive discussion, as Rob has suggested. We should accept that each...
Jim said: "I agree that we should continue this prototype property vs. model scale
replication in a positive discussion, as Rob has suggested. We should accept...
I don't have problems with fair comparisons by objective folks, I just think it's bad form to sell one's products at the expense of others...and that happens....
Hello Loren & Karin, Some good observations in your last post. As for details... My experience in designing for three different scales, N, Z & HO, has awakened...
Us consumers and viewers of the forums see both the manufacutures 'jabs' (see below, they're there in a way to show another example of the reasons) and also...
all I want for christmas or anytime is a couple of R-T-R SW1200/1500/ SW-1 or similar switchers no matter the roadnames( I see every day on the tracks behind...
I think its also easy to forget that there are tradeoffs and manufacturers can't anticipate everything people will try and do. We've seen reviews where MTL has...
