Re: [RCSE] War contractors making military models a royalty pain - was: "...Killing the Kit Business"

2005-02-15 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
Great, looks like others in the same boat as us are actually doing something about it. Although I'm in Canada, I have written LM, Boeing, and other OEM's involved expressing my displeasure, as well as local/national news organizations. Like I said...squeeky wheel gets the grease. How about anyo

Re: [RCSE] War contractors making military models a royalty pain - was: "...Killing the Kit Business"

2005-02-15 Thread Dee Smith
Quoting from the article, "The company wants to ensure that the models are accurate, high-quality and safe, Adams said.". (Adams is a Lockheed Martin spokesman.) Notice the last word, he says "safe". They don't want to get sued as a deep pocket when someone gets hurt by one of their "unapproved

[RCSE] War contractors making military models a royalty pain - was: "...Killing the Kit Business"

2005-02-15 Thread Jimmy Andrews
Someone who was probably unware of the "killing the kit business" discussion over the last few weeks, sent this to me. http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-modelplane14.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests t