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Joe is a wonderful artist, but I still say that it would be neat if MT was to put an actual honest to goodness tagger on the payroll (or commission them) to design graffiti for their weathered cars. I've seen some real taggers doing and selling legal art. I think that some of them would like to get paid for legally tagging some miniature railroad cars running on train layouts all over the world!
That's cool if you don't mind paying $200-300 per car. I think overall Joe's portfolio holds up well. I grant you a few but still, I think the quality has really gotten a ton better as time has passed.
I agree that for most part, Joe's artwork is pretty good. But I still think that there are some real and talented taggers out there who might even tag the model cars for free (just to get the recognition). After all, they don't get paid for doing the illegal tagging of the real RR cars. And in both instances, they would have notoriety (just in different circles).
Hope everyone knows I was kidding. Comments taken in that spirit too. I should have been more specific, most folks who tag freight cars want their work seen, but don't want their faces attached to said artwork. Iche is all over the place, but I don't know if we know who he or she really is. Banksy and others have taken the art public and have left their vandalizing ways behind them for the most part. I'm sure they hit the odd building here and there. No problem on the conversion...more than happy to help anyone. Most of the Kato Engines take the 1015 just fine...but some needed a 2004-1 underslung coupler. We attempted to offer a mid range, the 2003, but that was problematic. Kato pilot openings seen to be smaller than they should be, cleaning out the corners with an Xacto makes pushing in the draft gear box easier. If you have some specific question, let me know! Now, where did I leave the can of Plum Spray Paint
Joe,If some of those guys had gone public, I would think having the artist inspired cars might actually make a good selling collector car.