Can't we make anything in this country anymore?

[sdw2003]

A little birdy tells me that those lovely models by Amalgam, you know the hand built 1:8 scale beauties are now being made in China!!!!

What ever happened to true British craftsmenship?

[wildoliver]

We preferred to save a few pennies and get extra features. Look at the car industry.

Or on the flip side we were too lazy to do jobs right the consumers looked elsewhere.

[Eric Mc]

It's not about capability (although that will fade the more manufacturing goes overseas). It's about economics.

[chris watton]

Eric Mc said:

It's not about capability (although that will fade the more manufacturing goes overseas). It's about economics.

Exactly, it really is as simple as that; the Chinese can manufacture them at a cheaper rate than a UK based manufacturer can - we want cheap stuff, the down side is that the UK loses jobs in manufacturing, thus meaning they can only afford the cheaper goods - self fulfilling prophecy!

[cossiemetro]

i would'nt mind if it was cheaper but they still hike up the prices