I have to disagree 100% with Bill and for this reason... ANY time a modeler can get what he wants it is a step forward for that modeler! And since flat panel kits would be so versatile and could enable modelers to quiclky and easily build a model of their pavorite prototype, I cannot even begin to see them as a step backward. They would help keep the MODELING in our hobby, they would be easy to assemble, they SHOULD be failry cheap to produce and very easy to customize (HA! Even an AF fan and/or a RTR fan could build and customize one! LOL). I see it as a timeless method whose time may now have come... especially for S scale where so very little is available and everyone seems to want something different..
John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Lane To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 08:15 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} flat panel kits In response to some of the recent comments, if you are really into a specific road I can understand how and why you could embrace a flat panel kit to get the correct variants of __ car. 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. My interest in urethane kits is **nominal** at best. If a new kit was flat panel I can say with reasonable certainty I would not buy one no matter what the prototype. I have MANY other projects to do. Assembling such a car would never hit my top 50 things to do. Further, some cars like the B&O B53 could NOT be made as a flat panel kit. This NYC gondola was a flat panel kit. http://www.lanestrains.com/Gondola_Photos/NYC_Gondola.jpg It is the only urethane car I have touched in years, and only because I bought it almost completed. About an hour's work to complete, and some paint. It does look good now though.. and has BTS air hoses on it! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [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/
