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John wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
> > My first too...
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> High on my list that isn't a choice would be another design for the wheels. It
> got to the point for us (my son and I) where we needed to make our own design.
> A TLC solution would be much more effective and so simple to do. With only a
> few variations necessary to account for the slight difference in track gauges,
> TLC could literary *copy* O scale trucks for their molds.
Yea, they could also ask lionel to put a couple studs on the tops of
their trains and call them LEGO...
While I truly appreciate the various models folks come up with, I really
don't want to see TLC put effort into things like more American looking
trucks. Why? Because where does it end then? If you want exact
prototypes, go play with real model trains.
I probably could be convinced about a wheelset with less detail though,
which might be easier to use in custom designs.
Frank
Who isn't going to give up his Bachman HO Cass 5 Shay because he doesn't
expect to ever see a LEGO model which does as good a job at modeling a
Shay.
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> Yea, they could also ask lionel to put a couple studs on the tops of
> their trains and call them LEGO...
>
> While I truly appreciate the various models folks come up with, I really
> don't want to see TLC put effort into things like more American looking
> trucks. Why? Because where does it end then? If you want exact
> prototypes, go play with real model trains.
My point was that it would be a relatively simple exercise, as opposed to
something a bit more complicated like designing functioning crossing lights for
instance. Although again, if TLC's design team doesn't try and reinvent the
wheel every time, they could skip a lot of R&D by examining existing model
railroading products for tried and true ideas that already function.
As far as your question of where it ends, I think it ends where the market says
it ends. If TLC perceived a market that desired X, they would produce X. I
never said I wanted exact prototypes, and frankly, Frank, your admonition is a
bit harsh-- if I wanted TLC to produce exact prototypes, what would be wrong
with that?
> I probably could be convinced about a wheelset with less detail though,
> which might be easier to use in custom designs.
Why? So that MOCs could have the opportunity to look more *prototypical*? ;-)
-John
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