<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp74fe9b66yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Well, I have always preferred building them as kits but as I age with a lack of feeling in my hands and eye issues I have been buying more RTR cars. Some are as good or better than the kits. I love Red Caboose and other fine kits but their tiny plastic grabs are beyond me now. I only do kits now to get a particularly needed/wanted car for the layout.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp74fe9b66signature">Roger Huber<br>Deer Creek Locomotive Works</div></div>
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On Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:03:42 PM CDT, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">I'm trying to build a roster of standard gauge cars from a 1940s ORER and if it calls for just one car then I might buy a rtr car, however with a fleet of cars I have turned to 3D printed cars where I only have to add deals, trucks and couplers so my amount would be $10</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Larry Smith mmr</div><div dir="ltr">Pelham, AL</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 06:10:55 AM CDT, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp2a203c77yiv0064922135ydpacf9bc99yiv9922244366"><div dir="ltr">First, thanks again to everyone who sent in their modeling era of preference data!<div>Now, how much is the convenience of RTR worth to you? That is, if a kit costs $25, how much additional are you willing to pay for the car already assembled and ready to go onto your layout?</div><div><br></div><div>Example of answers:</div><div>$0, I love to assemble cars from kits</div><div>$2, I'm pretty ambivalent when it comes to building my model fleet</div><div>$3-5, I would really prefer not to have to put the parts together</div><div> </div><div>Please respond with whatever dollar amount is appropriate for you or a percentage if you prefer. Again, the combined results will be shared and used to determine the direction for future offerings.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jim</div><div><br></div></div>
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