Yeah, finding a buyer for my business isn't a problem Steve. Just yesterday another e-mail showed up in my in box from a guy here in the UK interested in taking over my range of O-scale narrow gauge kits. Had plenty more folks here and in the US expressing such interest over the last few years - but I never even bother replying. I just file their e-mails someplace safe. My website is still up and running and I never even bother responding to the order enquiries I receive 'cause I expect folks to read the info on my home page since 2015 which explains that caring for Jen had to be my priority and was the reason for suspending trading. Honestly can't be arsed to do anything now concerning trains. Lost all enthusiasm entirely - and that goes for just about everything else right now. Not hard to guess why. And my recent brush with Covid didn't help matters. I know I need to gee myself up.
You're right about the dwindling numbers of folks interested in the model railroad hobby. That was always the case during the last few decades. Older hobbyists dying off and ever fewer youngsters coming in. Those newbies that did were naturally more interested in more modern trains which were relevant to them. Add to the mix the fact that ever fewer model railroaders were interested in building kits and just wanted ready-to-run stuff. Computer age kids rarely if ever possess the kind of modelling skills our generation developed. I sold thousands of top quality etched brass kits during the 30 years I ran Backwoods Miniatures and I was very aware that less than 10% of them were ever assembled into a running model locomotive. I see pre-loved BM kits of mine every day for sale on eBay and they often sell for anywhere up to 3 x times their original selling price. Seems there's a stronger than ever market for my kits since I ceased trading.
You're right about the dwindling numbers of folks interested in the model railroad hobby. That was always the case during the last few decades. Older hobbyists dying off and ever fewer youngsters coming in. Those newbies that did were naturally more interested in more modern trains which were relevant to them. Add to the mix the fact that ever fewer model railroaders were interested in building kits and just wanted ready-to-run stuff. Computer age kids rarely if ever possess the kind of modelling skills our generation developed. I sold thousands of top quality etched brass kits during the 30 years I ran Backwoods Miniatures and I was very aware that less than 10% of them were ever assembled into a running model locomotive. I see pre-loved BM kits of mine every day for sale on eBay and they often sell for anywhere up to 3 x times their original selling price. Seems there's a stronger than ever market for my kits since I ceased trading.
