Each month as I sit down with this section of the news letter I express opinions from events that I have read about or seen during the month. At times its not easy to keep these opinions to matters that are railroad or model railroad related. This month however is not the case. This month its my turn to unofficialy examine the manufactures of scale locomotives and rolling stock. I will refrain from looking at structures and track.
First lets ask the question who is cheating who.
First I do not beleive that any manufacturer is soly out to cheat any one as most are model railroaders themselves. But the question I keep coming back to is, why do some makers of scale locomotives and rolling stock keep producing equipment that just isn't worth the money. Up till a few years ago the would have been money. Namely the price that the item sold for. So up till a few years ago we the hobbiest were really to blame.