A couple of weeks have past since the last blog so here is an update. Wendy, Terence and I are in Bangor, Maine for the weekend. We took the weekend off with her parents to get away. I went rail fanning with my father in law yesterday. We drove up to a few northern Maine areas that are serviced by the Eastern Maine Railway (NBSR), Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MMA), and Pan Am. I have to say that the MMA is a first rate operation for rail fans. I got to climb on the deck of an SD45 and measure some treads and also get the pilots photographed with dimensional references.
This is our first trip since Terence was born two months ago and he has been a joy to travel with. His Daddy has been able to get a few naps in as well which are very much needed.
Our Frame / Walkway Module and Fuel Tank projects were officially closed two weeks ago when I completed all of the pilot options for the initial release. Everything is in production or in transit if not already here.
We are renting a winterized cottage from one of Wendy’s family members and while not quite the size of most starter homes, it is bigger than the two bedroom apartment which we had in New York for 4 times the cost. Anyway, the reason I mention this is we had a 53’ truck pull up the other week with our packaging supplies and it dwarfed our place. Its kind of funny to think that if we were located in a suburb, what the neighbors would think of this scene and a bundle of foam on the from drive to big to fit into the entry of the home. Out in the country, things are more laid back.
A lot of new tooling has been arriving. This is excellent stuff and represents a significant investment of capital and design time on my end. Also, this would not be possible without customers willing to support us and some dedicated modelers who are willing to risk termination by sending us photographs and dimensional data while on the job.
Once things get cleared out, I have only 28 projects remaining that require some form of drafting and design, I will start our drives full time. We already have some components of the hoods in progress. A change in our GMDD NBM Bell means that we can release it this month and also jump start our Spartan Cabs in early 2008.
We wish you all the best and thanks for the support. With your help we are on to better and bigger things.
Christopher Howard
Railflyer Model Prototypes Inc.
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