From: Alan Lambert Lone Star Flyer Club Hurst, Texas With all of the protoype pictures that have sufaced does anyone realise why some of the models are a close rendering of the real 1:1 scale car. Have you heard of the copyright law, that makes copying anything without permission against the law. We had this happen with Union Pacific not too long ago. That is one reason Ron made the boxcar kit close enough. If i'm wrong about this let someone with a better knowhow speak. As it is now I'm happy with what we have and look forward to MTH will offer. Alan
From: JCR <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 10:02 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: American Models car genealogy - Model Railroader Revie... I am very glad Ron produced these cars when he did and I’m still bragging on them 25+ years later. When you step back a few feet and snap a picture of an S scale layout think about the overall appearance and the proportionality of the models. OK, so Ron’s boxcars are not identifiable to one prototype, so what, put them in a train and snap a picture of them from the side of the layout and tell us what you see. What you see will be a very plausible rendering of a PS-1 or or similar boxcar. Do you see the end so to count the rib spacing – not unless you see around corners with nanosecond vision. However, the Plano roof walks are a definite improvement. Now count the number of models with perfect rib spacing, etc. that you have built from scratch. Put them in a picture of a long train and send us the result. I think you get my drift. As Brooks Stover correctly observed “ I follow the principle of good enough”. Amen. Chris J Chris Rooney CFA [email protected]
