Tom --
I wouldn't worry too much about more "basic" designs being forced out. So
long as modelers demand and are willing support such models, I think it's
fairly safe to say manuafactures will continue to produce them. And today's
newest and fanciest often becomes tomorrow's basement bargain (of course,
small-run, collectable brass is an entirely different story ...).
Sure, $100+ seems like a lot for a plastic steamer, but corrected for
inflation it's still less than the norm for a comparable engine a
generation ago -- if you can call some of the crudely detailed die-casts of
that time "comparable."
Jonathan
From: "Tom Barrett" <barrett@g...>
Date: Wed Dec 19, 2001 11:08 am
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: FW: Genesis CB&Q 2-8-2
I agree there is nothing wrong with raising the standard, I could easily
afford 3 or 4 engines of High Tech quality if I wanted to by buying from
discount houses, but the thing what concerns me is that if the push is so
strong in this direction than the companies are going to start dropping
their basic line and only cater to the protitypical modeler, and fine
tuning everything to be prototypically correct on all engines which would
completely call for entire retooling of mold and dies then the cost will go
even higher, that is why we call it modeling, to start with something basic
and try to make it better, all modelers are serious in one respect or the
other, such as the airplanes I do, my cousin does the same and don't care
about wing seams showing he is more concerned with the thinning of the
paint not to hide the details, I'm the opposite, I fill and sand wing
seams, I think everyone has their nitches, so hopefully one can find common
ground and build from there, but I just don't want the hobby to get to the
point of everything being so fine tuned that the average guy can't keep up
with it anymore. I agree with the point that modeling is more affordable
than allot of other hobbies because we still have options, I just hope we
can keep it that way.
Tom
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