From: Alan Lambert Lone Star Flyer Club Arlington,Texas I think the Scale guys are missing a screw. The bolsters could be cast for high rail and the scale heads could take a file or drimel tool with sanding disc and do a 2 minute modification. Problem I see is that they don't want to make a profit. Can't anything they make, be made within 3 weeks and shipped. That is order recieved 3week manufacture, and ship to customer. My 2 cents worth. Their attitude is keeping me from ordering any thing from them. Alan Lambert
--- On Wed, 4/13/11, Carey Probst <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carey Probst <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SAL Roundroof boxcar To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 9:05 AM I am missing something here. Why does hi rail have to be less detailed? My definition of hi rail is scale details with big flanges on the wheels. If I had a clue what an SAL car was I might be interested in a scale one but I plan to run a combination of AF, hi rail and scale because I am not a purist and accept the need for an adapter car to bridge the coupler styles. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 4/13/2011 7:14 AM, John Degnan wrote: > > 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] <mailto:JohnnyReb69%40comcast.net> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gsc3 > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, > "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 [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/
