Other forums carry similar threads to this, it all makes interesting reading and I am repeatedly amazed at the stances taken by some forum members.
Things may be different down here in the sunny south but I have yet to be manhandled into a model shop and forced to purchase an item. Some modellers seem to take the view that if there is a particular model released that they would like or which fills a gap in their layout/collection they have a right to buy that at a price they think is reasonable. Why would this be? I would like a Bentley, I do not berate Bentley for charging more than I can afford for one of their cars. There are Brawa and Trix models I would like that would go well with some I already have, they are expensive compared with British outline so at present I will not be adding to that part of my collection. But I don`t criticise these manufacturers because I don`t have to buy the stuff, it`s nice to have rather than must have. I have no fundemental right to buy a model locomotive.
If Hornby and others get it wrong they will go bust, as far as I am aware there is no supreme law that says we have to have model railway manufacturers operating for the benefit of the hobby.
Les
Things may be different down here in the sunny south but I have yet to be manhandled into a model shop and forced to purchase an item. Some modellers seem to take the view that if there is a particular model released that they would like or which fills a gap in their layout/collection they have a right to buy that at a price they think is reasonable. Why would this be? I would like a Bentley, I do not berate Bentley for charging more than I can afford for one of their cars. There are Brawa and Trix models I would like that would go well with some I already have, they are expensive compared with British outline so at present I will not be adding to that part of my collection. But I don`t criticise these manufacturers because I don`t have to buy the stuff, it`s nice to have rather than must have. I have no fundemental right to buy a model locomotive.
If Hornby and others get it wrong they will go bust, as far as I am aware there is no supreme law that says we have to have model railway manufacturers operating for the benefit of the hobby.
Les
