Interesting point. I?m looking at my first Accucraft purchase, but have five Roundhouse locos. On the subject, Accucraft must have hit the sales from Tenmille, GRS and Brandbright with the sales of their rolling stock. But for me it is the bigger picture. Roundhouse run better, are more power full and the burners are better but as said Accucraft are catching up. I feel there is a lot of things Roundhouse can do to improve existing models (and of note is their website asks for ?any other comments?), such as scale rivets, hex head screws, blackened wheels, glazing, scale rivets and (non scale)sight glasses, all of which won?t cost them a fortune to do, and some things could be bought to enhance existing models. We have seen one very large manufacturer go bust because of not listening to the market and I?m sure Roundhouse will not follow. From speaking to people many say there ultimate goal is to own a Roundhouse, so the market may well be big enough for both, and indeed, Accucraft have to build much larger batches of models than Roundhouse do. Also, many people- more so when getting older ( hope not to cause offence) just like to buy British.
Some very good points here with which I concur. Only other point is that I buy the best deal (not just cost) independent of country of origin. I don't think we do any industry a favour if we buy by Union Jack. All businesses must compete in the wide world I am afraid.
