I don't necessarily think there's any malfeasance; MTH just needs to suck less at producing trains and estimating ship dates 
I'm sure it's no fun for them either, but it wold be nice to have a better explanation than "catching up". If it could take up to two years, tell me straight up. It could be that they truly don't know - I acknowledge that, but thats worse. Or, it could be that they know it's going to be a LONG time and are hoping that "TBD" will at least keep some people on the hook. I suspect my F-3 diesels will ship at or around the projected April ship dates, and I will absolutely honor that commitment. If we get into summer and no steam is shipping at all (and it doesn't have to be my stuff...), I'll be looking elsewhere. I'm already paying closer attention to the Sales forum. Not a huge fan of the 'bay, so I tend to avoid that avenue.
Trust me, we all get that MTH isn't happy about this, but they need to be careful, because this is ultimately how some companies fail. I worked for a couple of startup companies that went under over the years; we always knew it was bad when we couldn't deliver product even though demand was strong. You're not making money on trains that people "want" to buy, but you still have to pay your employees and suppliers. It gets ugly, and I don't want to see it happen to MTH at some point.
