Higher Prices for US Aircraft Kit Subjects?

There's always the possibility that some TV station in Nebraska already had the same logo.

Could it be they were trying to impress we unwashed what a great company they were?

You'll need a larger display area.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Touch the tip of your index finger to the tip of your thumb.

Now wave with the remaining three fingers.

This is sign language for "flying asshole". Great in traffic as the other guy probably does not have a clue.

Just thought I would lighten it up a bit :-)

Tom

Now that's downright cruel....

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

I'll place myself in the asshole category too.

The facts stand:

1. trademark law in the US and just about everywhere else is such that companies that don't protect their trademarks make those trademarks subject to loss to other businesses or by infringers.

1. the wishes of a (statistically speaking) relatively small bunch of mostly middle-aged male modelers (4 Ms there) doesn't amount to a hill of beans as far as the aircraft companies. . Modelers are a very small group - there are probably more kids under 10 years of age buying Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon cards than there are plastic modelers. As Kurt says, if you don't make corporate decisions on buying their products, then you won't have much chance of influencing the manufacturers. You might as well complain to the Navy about their new gray paint schemes messing up your modeling paint options. And corporate PR doesn't count for much if the target audience aren't potential or actual corporate customers. You probably won't see Boeing product placement in movies, but you will see Boeing ads in the Washington Post and in AWST, places where those ads are useful to the company.

2. some defense contracts allow the vendor to retain rights which they may not have retained 20 years ago. This may include the exclusive commercial use of the aircraft's official name.

If there's an actual problem in the model industry as far as licensing issues with aerospace companies, it would behoove an industry group to talk to their counsel and then meet with the corporate counsel from the various manufacturers.

John Hairell ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com)

"Eyeball2002308" wrote

Neither, just someone who does not suffer fools easily. But that's been well known for going on six years now.

Y'know, I don't have anyone kill-filed and I probably read less threads than you do. Amazing isn't it? You need the computer to tell you what not to waste your time on yet my brain can do it all by itself.

KL

"Mad-Modeller" wrote

You should've killed her, like I did with mine. Pity though, she's the one who encouraged me to get back into modeling.

KL

"Allan Mayer" wrote

I notice you buried your sig line off screen to avoid the embarrassment of hypocrisy. That says a lot right there.

KL

"Jonathan M" wrote

A price CAN be put on everything, including human life. And some are worth more than others.

KL

"John Hairell" wrote

Forget it John, they're not listening. You had a paragraph more than three lines long, and four paragraphs to boot. You can't expect them to keep focused through all that, can you? You started losing them at ". . .(statistically speaking). . ." and all but a handful were gone at ". . .exclusive commercial use. . .".

Nice try though.

KL

Wrong-o Kurt. I read his whole piece and I agree with him, mostly. I just don't agree with the way things are done and I reserve the right to be annoyed. I further reserve the right to complain and to outline how I think things 'ought to be' in full recognition that the world doesn't give a sh_t.

Bill Banaszak, MFE, 1 of 4Ms

Maybe in your world Kurt, not in mine.

Wow, just just noticed that ?

I knew you were slow on the uptake, but after almost a dozen years of doing this you just finally noticed ? I knew you were slow, but not that far out of the loop.........

A price CAN be put on everything, including human life. And some are worth more than others.

KL

Well we know the price for you, and it aint much.................................. (.02 cents at max)

Speaking of 4 Ms (mostly middle-aged male modelers) at a show I was at a group of us were talking about the prevalence of face-fuzz also. There were a lot of mostly middle-aged male modelers with beards in evidence. So I guess that would be 4M+B.

John Hairell ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com)

You would have loved the N scale module layout at the back of the vendors hall at the Nationals. I ran in a subdued "S" with the return loops at both ends. I haven't seen that in a module before! Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

I only grew a beard once and decided not to anymore. Mine just kept growing out of bounds and needed constant attention so that I could see over the hedge. The moustache stayed and is now well on its way to finishing the race with me. I doubt I'd recognise the face in the mirror without it. Oh wait, I don't recognise that guy anyway. He looks much older than I am. :)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Finished painting the library yesterday. New floor the other day. Boox shelves for two walls Friday.

The space below the large display case that shall replace what had been the bar counter is reserved for the N Gauge RR layout. It shall have a hinged table top which, when down, is Justin's puzzle/game table.

Any suggestions for a source of plans and instructions for a small layout?

Tom

Try rec.models.railroad. That's where they all hang out. David Pennington snipped-for-privacy@bbbweb.com

Tom, I haven't been hanging around train stores much lately but Kalmbach might have some plans published in softback book form.

Bill Banaszak, MFE