George, I don¹t know who said that hirailers would not buy detailed scale models. I make a distinction between hirailers, scale and dedicated American Flyer people. I personally like the detail of SHS, et al, but I don¹t much care for the clunky AF compatible knuckle couplers, so I change them out for scale, or for what passes for more scale-like couplers. I don¹t know what category this puts me in... Roy Inman
on 4/13/11 4:15 PM, gsc3 at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Can't speak for John Deagan or Jim King on this, but I know if I spent a > couple of months of my spare time gathering plans, contacting historical > societies, and working with a supplier to develop a car I wanted and didn't > expect to make a profit off, I would want it the way I wanted it, regardless > of sales. Ask Bill Lane if he thinks John is doing this to make a living. > I'm truly ignorant of hi-rail and American Flyer. I was told that hi-railers > would not buy detailed scale models. Seems odd, since I've seen some really > great American Flyer kitbashes. > Showing my ignorance, since the problem seems to be wheel flanges, I've asked > if a hi-railer couldn't just add Kadee washers, or those plastic thingys that > come with SHS, to raise the height of the car to clear the underbody? Again I > don't know, but if you're using AF couplers a 16th of an inch wouldn't matter. > But most of all keep in mind that John didn't decide to make a living doing > this, he just wanted a car and for all the work he had to do why make a car > that doesn't meet his needs? No insult to anyone, just for all that effort > and no money I wouldn't want something that didn't fit my wants. > This applies to all such projects, not just the SAL car. > Since this John's project I won't do it, but I wish John would set up a poll > on this list as to how many cars people would buy? > > Thanks, > George Courtney > > > > > [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/
