Bill,
Did you go to their site and see what they produce? Having a model to
fit their parts to isn't going to be a problem. A simple snow plow can
be made to scale and will fit on any model. Yes I agree that certain
things would be unit specific, but there's no chicken and egg here as
far as I'm concerned. The scale is far behind the others in terms of
availability and this would be a great opportunity to bring the scale up
into some form of relevance in the modeling community again. Look at
Railflyer's product line very closely and you will see the possibilities.
As for the die hard modelers, that's what the scale needs. Modelers, not
collectors, but modelers. This will help to show that the scale is
growing along with MTH's offerings in the future and what Jim King is
and has been producing. It's nothing but a possitive. Hell it's at
least a foot in the door and someone willing to take a chance on our
scale. What's wrong with that. Just remember what happened to Athearn
and Atlas when Detais West and Detail Associates came into the picture
back in the 70's. The scale exploded!
Thanks
Michael Ostertag
On 8/17/2012 7:22 AM, Bill Lane wrote:
Michael,
Your efforts are good but.... In order for Railflyer Model Prototypes
to release items like different style cabs etc they have to be made
towards being fitted to an existing product, which as you have said is
not made. From what little I know about "modern" even the A M SD60 is
dated at this point, and what accessory items like a different cab
would be commercially viable? Even if Railflyer Model Prototypes could
be convinced to release a complete shell that still leaves the buyer
with finding and fitting a drive for it -- something only the most
motivated modeler would do..
You are in the chicken before the egg situation. Once the first
complete modern locomotive is released building and growing on that
era will be easier.
Thank You,
Bill Lane
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