Author Topic: Why Plastic Aircraft Models are Going Away (Read 794 times)

Roscoroo · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2005, 07:49:31 PM »

How many realize that models ,ect insinuate growth and intelligence ... my 1st Race car started out as a model 5 years befor i built it .. I still use models for custom work ..

raising royalties on this stuff is gonna kill the modeling world for future generations .... Is that really fair to do to our children ???

bustr · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2005, 08:00:33 PM »

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Originally posted by DmdBT
How far does this go? Can an airshow accident (God forbid) lead to lawsuits against the manufacturer of the plane?

Lets see, in Berkely california a teenage boy about 7 years ago was showing off his fathers beretta 92 to his freind. Freind pulls the trigger, gun goes boom. Kid is dead. Father had just come back from a range I go to. We even used stalls next to each other, so I have some personal bias about his range habits anyway. Father had thrown the beretta in the bag with one up the spout. He claims in court he taught his son gun saftey. Kid never racked the slide to check it. Just handed it to the freind to play with.

Ok 3 juries later Beretta is found innocent of any wrong doing. The case was to prove that Berettas loaded chamber indicater was too small and easy to miss. And that the manual was poorly written. But the father swore to each jury he had provided his son with training on handeling firearms.

So answer your own question DmdBT...........

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2005, 08:22:07 PM »

bustr
Did the father go to jail for his incredible stupidity?

Fishu · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:30:32 AM »

Someone should stand up and make the license thing invalid.
They possibly cannot require licenses all of the sudden, after 50 years and also expect their rights to be still valid after 50 years.

Greedy SOB's, ruining everyones hobby and fun with unjustified demands.

LePaul · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:47:23 AM »

Somehow i knew this was all SOBs fault!!

Maverick · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2005, 09:14:34 AM »

Does ANYONE have at least a link to a story that can provide ANY validity to the tale that legal action from an aircraft corporation is pending in this matter?

AFAIAC until there is verifiable documentation of legal action speculation about it is a waste of time.

LLv34 Jarsci · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:47:48 AM »

Mav, Check out Rcgroups.com , there you will find some cases. At least two model makers had to cancel their planes, GWS had to cancel 747 and theri p-38 and P-40 should have come out half a year ago, but now their release date is unavailable.

Mostly this will hit American model makers because some model makers in another continents don´t give a watermelon about legal rights, which in this particular case I find somewhat justified...

Raider179 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:58:24 AM »

Like I said earlier. No reliable sources. just more forum to forum links. Anyone thought of emailing any of these companies for confirmation that they are prohibiting these models being built. If there was some type of public response from the companies (boeing, grumman, etc) I guarentee you it would be seen somewhere. This still sounds like internet mumbo jumbo and I have yet to seen a shread of proof.

Ohio43 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 01, 2005, 11:20:34 AM »

Well, something is definitely killing the model industry.
K-mart and Target in my area has pulled ALL of their models in the last year. Im guessing that, as someone said, kids are just not buying them.
They are spending too much time enjoying the Video Game Age than spending time with models.

john9001 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:20:10 PM »

i got this off the boeing web sit.

Trademark Licensing
Many of the companies and products that made aviation history in the past are now part of The Boeing Company that is moving forward into the 21st century. Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft, North American Aviation, Stearman, and other distinctive airplane liveries, logos, and product markings are among the trademarks owned by Boeing. The Trademark Management Group is responsible for the licensing and management of the Boeing Trademarks.

Licensing Trademarks
Article Review Process

http://www.boeingiplicensing.com/pages/index.cfm?fuseaction=category&level=24&CFID=283890&CFTOKEN=21365870

if you follow the links it says nothing about any fees nor does it say no fees, it only says that the reproductions must be fathfull to the originals and be approved by the tradmark group.

Raider179 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:33:36 PM »

yeah but again no info about this just says they own the trademarks to certain companies. I sent them an email at the trademarks link you posted. See if I get a response.

john9001 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:41:05 PM »

thanks raider, i was going to, but i didn't get around to it yet.

Raider179 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 01, 2005, 12:46:34 PM »

wouldnt hurt to send them one too. They might not respond without some prompting from the community.