For flat panel kits to succeed, I think they have have to be pre-painted and lettered - like the old Perma Bilt kits. Jeff Madden
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jaydeet2001" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:08:23 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: flat panel kits > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote: > >> > >> But for most, myself included, I believe producing a flat panel kit now > is a step backwards. SMMW has perfected producing a 1 piece body casting. > That is no small affair and truly a wonderful thing. > > >Sure, 1-piece kits are faster and easier to assemble. However, recent > events have demonstrated > > > that the S market is borderline at best for supporting the level of > investment necessary for them. > > > Flat kits may be the only way to reduce the "buy-in" to a level that S > scale will support. Would you > > > buy a flat kit Gla? I doubt it will ever be done as a 1-piece. > > > >David Thompson > > Right. And besides... are we "modelers" or not? "BUILDING" models is what > makes us modelers... not taking highly-compromised (in the prototype > accuracy departent) RTR assemblies out of the box and dropping them on the > rails. > > But if you're not into Flat Panel kits, how about CORE kits with add-on > side-panels, etds, roofs, etc? Same concept, but the core could speed up > assembly... especially for people like my buddy, Bill Lane, who hates > working with plastic for a few minutes, but will glad spend hours with > brass. <Elbow to Bill's rib cage> > > Man... I sure wish we had something like the old RED CABOOSE (HO) kits in > S. Jim King's kits are close, but not factory painted like the Red Caboose > kits were. I LOVED putting those kits together. > > John Degnan > > [email protected] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [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/
