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An International Harvester Company model? Of a train? Man... I thought they only made tractors and vehicles. :hehe:I have an IHC Corp. model of that in HO
The color scheme is great. The model though is wrong.
If you look at the shape of the running board, if that's what it's called, over the wheels, it's too squared off. If the were aiming for a prototypical model, they blew it.
John
It's a technique that has worked well since the hobby began. I've long advocated that creators of Trainz steam locomotives should try building models with this same method in mind, but I have yet to see much use of the technique in Trainz.
Aristo-Craft just did what many different model railroad manufacturers have been doing for many decades. They produced a model based on a single prototype, then used it to produce a model that comes close to looking like a different locomotive by changing the paint scheme, adding a few extra parts, changing the position of components, using a different tender, etc.
So, for example, you take the drawings for a USRA Heavy Mikado to make a model. You then make several different boiler fronts -- one with headlight mounted high, another with a mid-smokebox headlight, and another with a smokebox with dual-cross-compound pumps w/headlight mounted low. Then you make a standard USRA tender, but also make a oil version of the tender, and maybe also a Vanderbilt tender in both oil and coal varieties. Next you make a few different types of pilots/cowcatchers. Etc.
Once you do that you can easily and cheaply produce models that come close to a dozen of more real 2-8-2 steam locomotives that were used on a variety of railroads. The models probably won't be exact, but they will make reasonable "stand ins" for the real thing if you do your homework well. Since you've kept your manufacturing costs low, you can sell these dozen of so "different" locomotives at reasonable prices in the marketplace.
It's a technique that has worked well since the hobby began. I've long advocated that creators of Trainz steam locomotives should try building models with this same method in mind, but I have yet to see much use of the technique in Trainz.
Sure this has been done for years. But if you look at the number plate on the front... They couldn't be bothered to paint a black line around it on the model? To me this is more than just kitting parts up for various manufacturing runs, and is more like being sloppy when it comes to details.
I think one user did this here in the Trainz community, namely bdneal with his various steam locomotives. They're great and serve the job well for us. I agree we should have more of them.
John
Don't you dare, lest the rivet counters come after you with pitchforks. :hehe: