Hi John; Certainly, more exposure couldn't hurt them, and I would do better to tell you a bit about the models I have rather than quibble about their advertising.
Someone said they were like the tab and slot paper models of years ago. This is generally true, in the same sense that an SHS model is like an original AF peice. Both may be considered models of a boxcar or diesel, but clearly there is no mistaking which one is closer to prototype or a more advance model. While older paper models generally gave you one image per wall with possibly add-ons for dormers, coupolas or bay windows (if you were lucky), the Clever Models kits are designed with additional material to create a 3-D look. For example, I have the Quonsut Hut model. Each end has a full end piece, a piece for the top 2/3rds of the end, a piece for the top 1/3rd of the end plus extra window and door pieces. While you COULD assemble the model from just the full pieces (and maybe it would work for distant buildings) the instructions show you how to overlay the pieces to simulate the layers of siding, plus cutting out the windows and doors so the window surface is inset from the sides. If you are really into it, you can cut out the window framing and mullions and door panels to have dimensionality there as well. The Jefferson Ice model includes parts to cut out and fold up for the buttresses at the wall corners. The other big difference was that even the top-line older paper models were usually drawn rather flat; that is to say one color for the wall, one for trim with lines suggesting the siding boards was about the best you got. Clever Models has photo texture (or maybe photo-real texture, I'm not sure which) so you get shaddows, shadding and weathering built in to the model. Pieter Roos --- John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see where you're coming from, Pieter... but at the > same time, a bit MORE advertising from that > manufacturer might have helped both the buyer to > notice and the manufacturer to GET noticed. Granted > my eye-sight is poor, but even I have never heard of > them or see any of their ads. > > But if it isn't their fault that they don't get > seen, it surely will be their problem (i.e. lack of > sales). > > > John Degnan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: pieter_roos > To: [email protected] > Sent: September 09, 2007 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} New Manufacturer??? > > > Cute, but really a bit uncalled for. They make the > models in all > scales N-0; because they are printed and easily > scaled they included S > in the mix. It doesn't mean they actively hang out > on the various S > Yahoo lists. > Not sure it's their fault if you STILL missed them. Pieter E. Roos Railroad Home Page at www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
