Nothin' to apologise for... and I don't really have a problem with 'close enough', as long as it truly is "close." In the case of certain prototypes such as the PRR round roof box and SAL round roof box... they aren't close enough for me.
In the case of the SHS rebuilt box cars... my four are painted as SAL cars. BUT... the ends are wrong - SAL's rebuilts did NOT have ribbed ends. And I'm facint MAJOR surgery and more $$$ to correct them. This is why I believe FLAT PANEL kits would be the way to go in many cases since the parts would be easily changable, even after assembly depending on the method used for assembly. I believe it would even be possible for the individual panels could be offered pre/factory painted. Someone was selling pre-painted, metal box car SIDES on ebay a year or so back... I bought one in S painted for SAL... and all I need is a good core kit to put it on, and the addition of the ends, roof, frame, etc, and I'll have me another great-looking model. But this way, I get to pick and choose the type of each one of those details as I build the model... and, I'm sure, it will be much less work to assemble, even with what few parts modifications may be needed to get the panels and other parts to fit correctly, than having to cut and rebuild a RTR model. MODULAR KITS... they've been talked about for years! They may not be feasible for every type prototype car, but surely it would work, at least, for box cars. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Lambert To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:26 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S Products From: Alan Lambert You got me there and I apologize. You see the problem we all see. It takes more than one mold to make a car prototipical. You make the original and then you have all of the prototipical parts that need molds made for. That is the main reason for close enough. You have to add the partsfor each different railroad in the mix. You got the money . Oh I'm waiting on the sergent coupler, I'm Drulling right now. thanks, aLAN --- On Thu, 4/14/11, John Degnan <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Degnan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S Products To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 8:24 PM If the "he" in your comment is a reference to me, then you just lost your bet... because all I have is SHS models... nothing else. An SW-1, FOUR rebuilt boxcars, two flat cars, two piggyback trailers and two cabooses... NONE of which are dead ringers for the prototype they are painted to represent. Prototypical accuracy and scale accuracy are very close relatives in my book. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Lambert To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 09:53 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S Products From: Alan Lambert Lone Star Flyer Club Arlington Texas I bet he does not even have 1 s-helper car. My s-helper caboose has all of the detail he wants except the coupler. It still is high rail for now. He needs to get the sergent coupler, but is it available in "S" I doubt it . Then He can be called a true Scale modeler. I had to say that. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
