Model Advisory Team statement

Tue Jul 3 11:33:25 EDT 2018

Now Jim, Jim, Jim;

Why not sell me some of your Virginian HO Brass and buy a nice train of
those Rich Yoder O Scale Virginian Battleship gons?!?!

Seriously, thanks for all the suggestions.  We are looking at anything and
everything, with the caveats that it has to be something we can make a
profit on, and it has to be something that the manufacturer/importer can
make a profit on.  If you think about the manufacturers and importers we
have lost over the last decade or so.....

Frank Bongiovanni

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:14 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Yes, O scalers (2R,P48,3R) need something to go with those upcoming Sunset
> Third Rail EL2B's!
>
> Jim Kehn
>
>
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> To: 'NW Modeling List' <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 3, 2018 8:58 am
> Subject: RE: Model Advisory Team statement
>
> I agree.
> Stephen
>
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> *Cc:* NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
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>
> How about some O Scale please?
>
>
> Tom Lewis
>
> On Jul 2, 2018, at 1:39 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> Dare we hope that there is a Virginian station kit in the planning stages
> pipeline somewhere? I have a Blair Line kit and an old Suydam kit in my
> stack that I plan to kitbash into reasonable facsimiles (aka
> "close-but-no-cigar") of Virginian stations.
>
> Greg Harrod
>
>
>
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> To: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 2, 2018 8:59 am
> Subject: Re: Model Advisory Team statement
> Obviously I've missed something HUGE, (and readily concede that the fault
> is most likely all mine), but this is absolutely the first time I've heard
> anything about "projects for us such as the HO scale N&W one story
> section foreman’s house".
>
> I would definitely wanted at least a couple of these,  but never heard or
> saw anything about them, and they appear nowhere in any part of the
> commissary that I can find.
>
> Can someone at least fill me in on the details of what I missed out on?
>
> Brent
> ________________________________
> Dr. J. Brent Greer
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> *Sent:* Saturday, June 30, 2018 7:40:21 AM
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> *Subject:* Model Advisory Team statement
>
> Norfolk and Western Historical Society Model Advisory Team
>
> Hello everyone
>     I would like to talk about some things that are happening in the
> Society as a whole and the modeling side. Everyone has
> heard about the latest release from Rapido Trains. This is a wonderful
> thing for N&W modelers and the society as I will explain
> later in this email.
>      Let me start by saying that the oﬃcers and directors of the society
> have a big job ahead of us. In a sense, we are trying to play
> catch up in one regard and invoking a new business/marketing plan in
> another.  It is the latter that I will be speaking of at this
> time.
>      I have been the team leader of the Model Advisory Team (formerly the
> Modeling Committee) for almost a year now. We have
> made contact with several major manufacturers and I have signed
> Non-Disclosure agreements. Hence, I am the primary point of
> contact for the NWHS pertaining to these agreements. It is important that
> manufacturers of modeling products have a place
> that they can obtain correct information, drawings, plans and anything
> else that they may need to complete their projects. I
> have heard from a few companies that stated that they don’t deal with
> historical societies in part because most societies do not
> have an archive set up to do business with. There are at best three or
> four as well organized and cataloged as our very own. The
> successful state of our archives is due to excellent work by the
> volunteers that dedicate their time each month.
>      In less than a year we have been able to have smaller manufacturers
> do projects for us such as the HO scale N&W one story
> section foreman’s house and an HO scale Mahone depot kit. Alex Schust was
> kind enough to let Southern Heritage Models have
> some drawings of coal camp houses that we should have before the end of
> the year. We have some very nice NS/NW GS-50
> woodchip cars. These are resin kits by Crosstie Models which is owned by
> fellow member Josh Clark. I have asked Josh to do
> some N&W/VGN hoppers. These are more than likely a couple of years away,
> at best, because this young man is currently in
> medical school.
>     The Commissary is going to have some pre-sale items coming very soon.
> Ordering them from the society will illustrate to the
> manufacturers that the NWHS has a customer base. The next time they
> consider something it could be an N&W model. That is
> what helped with the RS-11 project. We have an item on order with Rapido
> (which we will announce when it is released for
> sale) that opened the door to inquire with us about the N&W ALCO RS-11.
> Pre-selling the RS-11 will highlight the
> number of N&W modelers within our society in addition to the modelers
> outside of our society. This will hopefully lead to
> another run with different paint schemes. Ordering the items from the
> Society supports the Society and its continuing operation
> and allows us to order more from the manufacturer and shows them that our
> members support N&W/VGN products.
>      The MAT (Model Advisory Team) has been working to get products in
> your hands. We all look forward to see what can happen
> in the years to come. If you have any questions or comments please feel
> free to call me (540) 613-0683 or text me at this
> number.  Please call me between 5pm and 7pm or email me at taylor at nwhs.org
> Thank you
> Dean Taylor, Vice President, NWHS
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