--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisinone@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@> wrote:
> >
> > Tom, that is NOT the Santa Fe red and silver warbonnet that made Santa Fe
> > famous. What's next, chroming the silver sides to represent stainless
> > steel? Is there no respect for the dearly departed?
> >
> > Bob Nicholson __________________________________________________
> >
> >
> Wow, such impassioned pleas for prototype fidelity! Next thing you know
> folks will be counting rivets and dismissing repainted Flyer cars! <G>
> Wondering where all the prototype police were when AF made Northern Pacific
> PA's or American Models made New York Central FP7's?
>
> When will you realize you are not the target market! All of us angry old men
> can't hold up the S scale market; Lionel must expand the base if they expect
> to succeed and, by the way, flash and color sells. Or in the famous words of
> Irv Athearn, "Well, the paint sticks to it doesn't it!" If a Warbonnet U33
> gets one new person into S scale, are you going to criticize them too?!?
>
> My goodnessÂ…, just spend your money on something else and move onÂ… I'm
> firmly in Brother Ron's camp on this one, it's all good news!
>
> Jim
>
Spoken like a true gentleman, Jim. I get the feeling that if there were a
magical shrink ray that could reduce a prototype car or loco down to S Scale,
there are some on this list that would find fault with the result.
Rich G(ajnak)
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