| Thank you for visiting our website! We have tons of new information since the our last *real* posting. The very first this is that those of you who have purchase the Doctor Ben's Weathering Solutions and Weathering Stains know that we "induction seal" every jar. The long story short is that our jar supplier send us an order of seals not compatible with these jars. If you receive either of these products and the jar has seeped into the ziplock bag, please contact us immediately for either a replacement label or in the case of a bad leak, we will replace the product-at no cost to you. Replacement seals are already on their way to us and we should have this issue under control immediately. We will post any changes that arise. - Thomas A. Yorke Enterprises We would like to thank everyone for their continued support while we attempt to roll out this product line. Although we are still going through the thousands of un-labeled molds and master patterns, we have some great news—there are some NOS (new old stock) kits now available at very limited quantities. At the moment, only HO/HOn3 kits are offered, but O scale will be coming shortly so keep check back. Back in 1980 "Practice Walls" (PW-1) were first advertised in the NG&SL Gazette. The HO & O Scale Practice Wall Kits (#3101/#3301) are again available. This kit comes with the beautifully detailed Thomas A Yorke Ent. casting of stone, wood, and brick. First offered in 1980, the staining and weathering instructions have been updated to currently available products including easy to learn staining and weathering techniques in "The ABC's of Staining Castings" instructional. The Practice Wall kit includes full-size drawings, scale lumber for the stairway construction, roofing material, stove pipe, and detailed construction and weathering instructions. The next unexpected development is the early scheduled release of the HO/HOn3 Rubbles Depot. It seems that there had been some orders placed prior to the DEBENLLC purchase of the TAY line last summer. The long story short is that we have pushed up the production of this exquisite kit for release in the next three weeks. There have been a few changes made and the details are found on the product page under the "Detailed Description". The Industrial Engine Shed kit (#3110) is really beginning to take shape.  We have mock-up shots of the HO/HOn3 Industrial Engine Shed in the "Detailed Description" at the Scale Model Masterpieces HO/HOn3/HOn30 link to the top left! I have to say that we have spent a great deal of time writing the instructions for this kit. From the feedback that we have received from the couple of folks that we have building this kit in both HO and O scales, all this hard work writing quality instructions has been really worth it. We know that when an experienced modeler opens this kit that seasoned model builder is less likely to follow the instructions step-by-step, but this is not the reason for going to all this trouble to write worthwhile instructions. At least 90% of the feedback we received when asking folks what is most important factor to them when purchasing a kit was instructions or the lack of instructions. So please be patient with this wait just a few more weeks. And since the HO and O scale kits are practically identical, so are the instructions. The HO/HOn3/HOn30 kit will be first out and the O/On3/On30 kit will follow shortly there after. | | | - *NEW* How-To Booklets & DVDs We have two brand new How-To booklets: Doctor Ben's "How-To #2: The ABCs of Staining Castings" booklet and Doctor Ben's "How-To #3: Weathering & Painting Using Pigments" booklet. You will want both of these brand new booklets and you can get them for FREE! We have three brand new How-To DVDs to announce! The first and one of my favorites is the Making, Casting & Weathering Details by Darryl Huffman and I'm not just saying this because Darryl uses Doctor Ben's products in this DVD, either! Darryl has such an easy way of taking the viewer right through the process that it makes you want to jump out of the chair and go build something. The second DVD that you just have to have is Painting and Weathering Detail Castings with Dave Revelia . I have known Dave Revelia (and Brian Nolan) from way back in Florida when they would stop by to see my models in the contest room. Who knows, maybe some of my dioramas inspired them just a bit! The third DVD is also from Darryl Huffman (and I have yet to review it) is Weathering Steam Locomotives - Doctor Ben's Scale Consortium From the Dealer feedback that we have had , the Dealers who carry our Doctor Ben's products say that their customers are looking for a smaller weathering pigment set. Great idea! We now have an 11-Color Armour Set and an 11-Color Railroad set. You will find both of these sets (and the rest of the 60 weathering colors & 4 sets) in the Weathering Pigments Category. Another huge addition has been the Doctor Ben's Baby Building Blocs "Two-Pounder" Special. Yep, eight times the weight of a quarter-pounder with cheese and a whole lot more BBBs than the 12 ounce package. And we can get one Two-Pounder into a USPS Flat Rate Envelope for the person who needs it faster than ground shipping! Doctor Ben's was the very first to carry the Random Clapboard Siding that has become so sought after but only found in the Fine Scale Miniature kits. And with the purchase of the Thomas A. Yorke Ent Structure line we are quickly amassing quite a stockpile of scale wood strips. So, beginning immediately, you will find various sizes of Kappler Scale Lumber Wood Strips 12" long available for purchase in the Scale Building Material Category. Additionally, the HO Grantline/Tichy molded styrene windows, doors and trim will be available for purchase in the Sequoia HO/HOn3 Category. As we build up the O scale Grandtline/Tichy molded styrene inventory we will add these items to the MilePost O/On3 Category. Finally, we keep getting calls on our Doctor Ben's 'Kalibre Kutter' and "when are we going to have them available". You are going to just have to hang in there. Everything is staged ready to go into production but more pressing issues and well as tying up some loose end have just momentarily stalled this project. Trust me; no one wants this project going more than I do. We have a great deal of time and resources in this project and it will happen. This is it for now. Got a problem, complaint, compliment? Fire off an email, letter or phone call and we will do the best we can to get you fixed up. Many thanks for your continued business. Happy Modeling! Debbie & Ben |
