That's certainly part of it as is having the model unpainted so I can do with it as I please.
A perfect model of a road name I don't want painted differently than I want does me no good. An unpainted single casting would work as well for me since I am not a purist and modeling a fictional line. 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 5:50 PM, Jeff Sankus wrote: > > Jim; > I think some of the posts pertaining to flat castings were from those who, > have no idea what is involved in the level of work that you achieve. > They were suggesting alternative methods to possibly save $ and have > multiple kits available. > There still are those folks out there who love fitting and piecing parts > together. > No slight toward you. > Jeff S. > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM, SMMW <[email protected] > <mailto:jimking3%40charter.net>> wrote: > > > > > > > If the goal is to complete a kit as fast as possible with the best > shot at > > solid body, no visible glue joints, everything fitting as it should, > etc., > > then a kit consisting of flat castings is NOT the solution. Someone > stated > > they'd rather buy RTR so they can spend more time on the layout. How > does > > regressing to 5 or 6 flat castings vs. a 1-pc body achieve this goal? IT > > DOESN'T. You will never see a flat casting kit from me again .. I > spent a > > long time designing and tweaking my 3D CAD designs to convert flat > panels > > to > > 1-pc bodies. Why should I back up 7 years just to satisfy a handful of > > modelers when the vast majority clearly want as close to RTR as > possible. > > > > Comparing my kits to DPH's fine RTR models is also apples to oranges. My > > parts are not injection molded and spit out of a press at the rate > of 20-25 > > an hour. I also don't have to tool up to produce a generic prototype; > > that's the primary goal for resin kits: variety/uniqueness. > > > > Jim King > > > > Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. > > > > Ph. (828) 777-5619 > > > > <www.smokymountainmodelworks.com> > > > > [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/
