Re: [GZG] Of Vehicles and Nations, Part II - revision

I don't think that it's a crap answer.	At least not from what I know 
about people doing casting.  So, on each mold you need to put in hulls
and 
turrets.  Thus, when you cast, you get X hulls and X turrets.  If you 
don't know what mix people want, you have tons of excess hulls or
turrets 
sitting around.  You could recast the metal, but then you have to spend 
even more casting time if you just recast the unwanted {hull/turret} and

then get an order for them.

Seems to me that from a manufacrturing standpoint, making complete 
vehicles makes some sense.

*I* would certainly be happier if I could do more of what you can do
with 
some models now (like ordering a Wolf MBT or a Wolf AA tank!) because
it's 
more flexible.	But I won't join y'all in bitching about not being able 
to.

GZG and Brigade have both allowed me to special order individual
turrets, 
or non-standard mixes of things.  I *greatly* appreciate their
willingness 
to do so, but I don't think that they are obligated.

Just a counter opinion to keep the fires hot... ;)

John

John K. Lerchey
Assistant Director for Incident Response
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Derek Fulton wrote:

> Brian B wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/05, Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@telia.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Brian Bilderback wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Also you can play mix and match with the turrets and bodies and
the
>>>>> vehicles, I did this in 6mm and there's no reason this can't be
done in
>>>>> 25mm .
>>>>> 
>>>> For that matter, I've never understood why a minuature manufacturer
>>>> doesn't SELL Sci Fi minis that way.
>>>> 
>>> Probably because you get twice as many catalogue entries to keep
track of,
>>> and have to have twice as many storage boxes for the little
¤%!"#s...
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Not a good answer, but probabvly an accurate one.
>> 
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> actually it's a crap answer.
>
> Cheers
>
> Derek
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