by robertmelvin » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:47 am
First, as one Melvin to another, damn the bas**rds that ripped off your work! As far as I'm concerned the only form of life lower than a thief, be they the kind that robs with a gun or that robs with an ink pen, is a child molester! And while I don't want to get a flame war started here, China seems to be a haven for that type of unscrupulous practice. Worse, it seems their courts almost countenance it, from what I read.
I urge all of my friends and modeling colleagues to buy solely from well known and reputable companies, such as yours. This may sound like a harsh view, but people who try to save a few dollars by purchasing rip offs from fly by night companies without a well known provenance are, in a way, as guilty of perpetuating the crime of intellectual piracy as those who actually do the copying.
While most of my projects are either USN or IJN, I do try to keep abreast of what is happening in other areas of interest (you never know when something new might catch your interest), and I'm aware of the contribution you and your company have made to our hobby. So, thank you for your efforts on behalf of us in the modeling community and trust that most people will do the right thing and buy their products from well known and respected companies such as yours.
Bob Melvin
First, as one Melvin to another, damn the bas**rds that ripped off your work! As far as I'm concerned the only form of life lower than a thief, be they the kind that robs with a gun or that robs with an ink pen, is a child molester! And while I don't want to get a flame war started here, China seems to be a haven for that type of unscrupulous practice. Worse, it seems their courts almost countenance it, from what I read.
I urge all of my friends and modeling colleagues to buy solely from well known and reputable companies, such as yours. This may sound like a harsh view, but people who try to save a few dollars by purchasing rip offs from fly by night companies without a well known provenance are, in a way, as guilty of perpetuating the crime of intellectual piracy as those who actually do the copying.
While most of my projects are either USN or IJN, I do try to keep abreast of what is happening in other areas of interest (you never know when something new might catch your interest), and I'm aware of the contribution you and your company have made to our hobby. So, thank you for your efforts on behalf of us in the modeling community and trust that most people will do the right thing and buy their products from well known and respected companies such as yours.
Bob Melvin