I saw this vendor at NTS in Philly, and they have some really great stuff. I even purchased a "Wally's Bar" for my Father-in-law. But unfortunately they currently ONLY deal in HO & N scale and when I asked if they were planning to go into Z, they said they have no plans to. I think with a little coaxing from the group we may be able to turn them to the Z side! http://jlinnovative.com/
Their kits are beautiful, and some of their models would also look at home in rustic Adirondack settings.
I use the N scale propane tanks for Z scale already. I heard somewhere that the folks that run this business are rabid HO scalers and that even N was a hard sell for them. I don't know if that's true or not, but it would not surprise me. On the other hand, I can understand the reluctance. Just asking a manufacturer to try Z scale isn't always going to generate results. In talking with manufacturers that did venture in to Z scale, many have not had very good experiences actually getting the products sold (ie, not enough sales in Z scale, even after they've advertised on various Z forums and lists). Randy
Well, the truth of it be known, selling 50 structure kits in z scale is hard. Selling 25 a year is also hard. But selling 500 rolling stock kits a year is easy! That's why I dropped the rolling stock and changed my focus towards structures. I don't like to sell too much, because it's not fun anymore. With structures, I can sell 10-15 of each model a year, and I will be just fine with it. I like trading better anyways. When you sell, a guy just has to skim a small amount of his salary past the wife with a couple keystrokes, and you get what you want, no work involved. But with trade, both parties have to put some effort into it, including packaging, mailing, sorting through their collection of stuff to trade. It makes you feel better because you appreciate the other guys efforts, and he appreciated yours. -Robert
Interesting philosophy Robert. Reminds me of the old days when I made Christmas presents for my family instead of buying them something. ;-) Puts a little more heart in to it. Randy
I second this Robert! With money you can buy a lot of things but it makes me more happy when I can trade something.
