It’s attached to the bottom of the box with strapping tape. The instruction sheets are wedged into the box on top of the weight and held down by the box top, and the parts sit on the instructions. No way for the weight to damage small parts.
“lots”? Maybe one 1 in 500 modelers, and those few buy and run, with weights, many more than they upgrade and show at RPM meets.
The “target market” appears to have been modelers seeking a challenge and prototype fidelity above the level offered by shake-the-box kits.
You’re kidding, right? [:D]
Shilshole wrote: <“The “target market” appears to have been modelers seeking a challenge and prototype fidelity above the level offered by shake-the-box kits.”> Absolutely. I live in Australia, and have never been to a RPM meeting in my life - but all of my plastic rolling stock kits are from manufacturers like Red Caboose, Intermountain, Branchline, Tichy, P2K and the like. About the only shake the box kits I think are worth having are some of the Accurail offerings. I reject the idea that highly detailed kits are only for display, not operation. Not only do my freight cars earn their keep on my home layout, they get packed up and taken to exhibitions - with no worries! Cheers, Mark.