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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2009, 07:12:14 PM »
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I still like it because the ride height looks correct!
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #16 on: August 19, 2009, 08:10:15 PM »
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Quote from: Robbman on August 19, 2009, 05:27:48 AM
What I wouldn't give to be able to speak my mind here...


I have never known you not to speak your mind ..
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #17 on: August 19, 2009, 08:21:51 PM »
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Quote from: asciibaron on August 19, 2009, 06:35:40 PM
Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on August 19, 2009, 06:23:03 PM
Do people even look at these things before they sign off?

no.  it's already done before the pre-production models are sent for eval...


We changed the artwork on the TopGon twice AFTER getting the test samples... it's the whole freaking point of getting them in the first place.
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #18 on: August 19, 2009, 09:14:48 PM »
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Quote from: asciibaron on August 19, 2009, 01:58:16 PM
should look like this:



Steve finally found a source for proto-correct rolling stock.  They even offer a 60' double plug door:

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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #19 on: August 19, 2009, 09:40:06 PM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on August 19, 2009, 09:14:48 PM

Slap some weathering on that, and some MTL couplers and you wouldn't know the difference.
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #20 on: August 19, 2009, 09:43:46 PM »
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Quote from: Robbman on August 19, 2009, 08:21:51 PM
We changed the artwork on the TopGon twice AFTER getting the test samples... it's the whole freaking point of getting them in the first place.

i lost my job at MTH because i refused to accept poorly painted but correctly painted models.  i feel your pain.
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2009, 09:44:41 PM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on August 19, 2009, 09:14:48 PM

Steve finally found a source for proto-correct rolling stock.  They even offer a 60' double plug door:


there is a reason i chose that image...  i thought it was an MTL car - hehehe
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2009, 10:07:43 PM »
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These mistakes are why ExactRail has Blaine now...
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2009, 10:13:36 PM »
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Quote from: jbaakko on August 20, 2009, 10:07:43 PM
These mistakes are why ExactRail has Blaine now...

Exactrail is not the first to make the EXACT error.  Russ had a car at the CR BBQ with this problem on an N scale car...
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2009, 12:01:01 PM »
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Yeah, it was the new Microtrains car with the white door and screwed up logo. I was excited to see these in HO, but screwed up logo equals 'pass' in my book. If a company can't get something as simple as the FREAKIN LOGO right, they are not worthy of my model railroad dollars. Hell even ConCor can get it right. Russ
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2009, 01:32:51 PM »
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Quote from: rswinnerton on August 21, 2009, 12:01:01 PM
Yeah, it was the new Microtrains car with the white door and screwed up logo. I was excited to see these in HO, but screwed up logo equals 'pass' in my book. If a company can't get something as simple as the FREAKIN LOGO right, they are not worthy of my model railroad dollars. Hell even ConCor can get it right. Russ

why would two completely independent companies make the exact same mistake? same vendor?  vendor using the MTL car as the basis for the printing?
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2009, 01:57:38 PM »
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What I also find odd is that, assuming that the artwork was drawn from scratch, it would be additional work to add the space!
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2009, 02:02:29 PM »
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Quote from: tom mann on August 21, 2009, 01:57:38 PM
What I also find odd is that, assuming that the artwork was drawn from scratch, it would be additional work to add the space!

it's probably the same vendor and they used the same artwork and rescaled it.
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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2009, 02:06:31 PM »
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Maybe their artists were using something like this as a "reference"--


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Re: more Exactrail awesome
« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2009, 02:55:04 PM »
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Quote from: David K. Smith on August 21, 2009, 02:06:31 PM
Maybe their artists were using something like this as a "reference"--




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