I developed the term "backwards compatable" about 2 years ago when I started my box car project to deal with S folks who were pushing me to make my model to AF standards with the OPTION for "forward compatability" to scale with the addition of a few extra super-detail parts (at a higher cost for the extra, super-detail parts). I personally believe that this is one of S scale's biggest problems... when the rest of the modeling world sees S models, they generelly see AF... not scale. So I believe that since technology is improving on a daily basis, and that since AF is now basically DEAD, that S offerings should be just the opposite - they should be "backwards compatable" to AF standards instead of "forward compatable" to scale standards. If a AF nut wants to chop up a nicely scaled model to fit their crappy looking wheels and couplers on it... so be it. But scale modelers should not have to pay for any extra super detail parts to improve an already very expensive model produced with modern technology.
So... as far as I'm concerned... AF folks can chop, chop away on my super-nice models (if I ever produce any) if they want... but that model will be coming out of the box intended for and configured for SCALE. To coin a few terms - Uglification (on the AF guys' part) instead of Prettification (on the scale guys' part)... that is how I see it... giving AF guys the back seat instead of the scale guys. Now... if you ever get the nerve... ask me about another term I coined not too long back - REVERSE PROTOTYPING. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: gsc3 To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:11 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SAL Roundroof boxcar Fully understand your point, John. And I fully agree that anything you produce must be to your standards. My question was directed to the fact that there might not need be any sacrifice of accuracy or any compromise in the production on your end. George Courtney --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > > And for the record... none of my projects will ever be hi-rail compatable... sales or not. I'm not in the marked for toys, so I won't produce them, either. (or sacrifice the accuracy of a model for the sake of compatability) I'd just rather not produce the model. > > My ten cents worth. > > > John Degnan > Scaler164@... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
