03-07-2009, 09:37 PM
From the suppliers point of view there is another headache in kits that RTR doesn't have -- parts.
An RTR loco or car is put together and they know it is complete. A kit locomotive is (up to) hundreds of separate parts which have many opportunities to go missing. Replacing parts that "weren't in the box" can make a major dent in slim profit margins.
I consider assembly time part of the value of buying a kit; apparently others don't.
An RTR loco or car is put together and they know it is complete. A kit locomotive is (up to) hundreds of separate parts which have many opportunities to go missing. Replacing parts that "weren't in the box" can make a major dent in slim profit margins.
I consider assembly time part of the value of buying a kit; apparently others don't.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.