I agree wholeheartedly with the idea of unpainted flat panel kits. As I am modeling a freelanced road I don't usually feel like stripping a painted car to make it my way and paying the extra for paint and decals that I don't want.
I run what looks right since there is no prototype for my line but I do have interchange cars from other roads. 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 4/15/2011 7:20 AM, John Degnan wrote: > > 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] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Lambert > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] > <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net>> wrote: > > From: John Degnan <[email protected] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net>> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S Products > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Lambert > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > 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/
