I don’t know if this was posted yet or not. I recently received the following e-mail newsletter from the new owner of Westerfield Model:
Westerfield Newsletter, 2012, No. 1
Dear Modeler:
Welcome to 2012, the 30th year of Westerfield Models! After completing the sale, we transported the business across the country to Golden, Colorado in late November. We have since been busy unpacking, setting up and preparing for business. Purchasing Westerfield Models is an exciting opportunity for us and we look forward to serving the model railroad community.
We have started up production, working first on orders transferred from Al Westerfield. Please bear with us as the process has been delayed by many items being out of stock and a fair amount of rubber molds needing replacement. As we catch up with these issues, production wil pick up, however, no new orders will be accepted until the transferred orders have been filled.
As part of the purchase agreement, samples of our kits were sent to Al Westerfield for his approval. He has sent the following statement:
“The new owner of Westerfield Models has submitted several kits for my inspection. The castings were excellent and all the parts, decals and instructions were present. I have no hesitation in recommending the kits. Andrew Dahm is continuing the quality you have come to expect from the Westerfield line of model railroad products.”
We are committed to maintaining the high quality products that you have come to expect from Westerfield Models. We will, however, have to initiate pri