Need ideas on building a subway layout of N.Y.C

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Wow, simply wow.

I believe that this is the most realistic model photo I have ever seen. The only “give away” is the gentleman in the car on the far left.

Ray

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Hello Ray

Thanks for the nice compliment also. I try not to use many people on my layout as I buy the half decent economy (volume packs) of seated and standing various figures. I don’t want to pay $5.00 or more for Preiser or whom ever brands of very finely painted and detailed O scale people – would have to rob a bank to afford hundreds of them, heh. I avoid close up shots with model people. Or remove them if they “uglify” a good photo scene to shoot.

At least the car driver is in the background – so the car is not seen operating on the avenue with “no one behind the wheel”…heh ! Regards - Joe F

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You should be grateful they responded to you at all. Most companies today would just throw the drawings in File 13 and you’d never hear a word back as it would acknowledge you sent the idea to them. That woud help them to avoid a lawsuit or having to pay you royalties years later if they ever came out with a subway car. That’s the reason almost all companies reject customer ideas (outside of company run contests or surveys where the terms and conditions are explicitly laid out and you give up the rights to your ideas when you enter) and make sure they document that any such imput doesn’t result in a product (like a memo saying “This kid has a pretty good idea, what do you think”) That way, Lionel, in suburban New Jersey and with a famous display layout in Manhattan could reasonably claim that they were inspired by the surrounding scene and your letter had nothing to do with it. Game companies are famous for getting customer game ideas and extensively legally documenting that they are immediately thrown in the trash with no one reading the idea. BTW, there was a movement afoot around 1990 by the prototype RR’s to make model manufacturers pay royalties for using their logos and rolling stock paint schemes. The justification was "if we don’t defend them, they will become public properrty and they represent ecomomically valuable corporate symbols wi

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Hello Rob !

ummmmm " !!!" ---- ??? Regards - Joe F

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Translates into “out of words” or “speechless” (regarding your modeling)

Ask Model Railroading magazine to do an article on you. It should make the cover too. -Rob

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Hello Rob

Thanks – I understand now, heh.

Looks like you and Colorado Ray are the only ones here actuvely following or commenting on this thread presently… Thanks BOTH for your support ! Doesn’t look like it would likely get much play as a potential MR Magazine article either ! regards - Joe F

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I disagree! Ask them! I don’t know the procedure but you could message Steven Otte right on this forum. I guess they will want photos to make a decision. If you send them the ones you’ve been posting, they will be blown away. -Rob

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While heavy transit might not be a frequent topic in MR, this thread has gotten the second most views of the recent threads. I think MR likes to feature quality work in any rail format.

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Definately worth an article. We need to start a petition.

Ray