Sorry to sound uncharitable - its been a **** of a year - and I am sure Midwestern have had their problems like everyone else.
But updating a web page and a little honesty with people who are actually funding the project is not too much to expect.
He has a sizeable sum of money from me and I am sure from others. That gives him an obligation. He is uncommunicative and uncooperative. I advise anyone to think very carefully before offering him any more cash. No wonder US O scale brass is in decline. The importers who will survive combine regular product, superb quality and superb communication, for example a well-known importer of high-level freight cars.
JM