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Post by Christian on Mar 4, 2004 1:26:38 GMT 1
Sylvan has be broadsided with orders and has put most of their efforts into the vehicles. I heard today that the next thing in the works is different bodies for their trucks. Photos of the new kits are on their website now!
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Post by cfesmire on Mar 14, 2004 19:32:37 GMT 1
I almost hate to be on this topic again because it is so confusing and frustrating, but I have a question. What is the policy with regard to military vehicles? Must a scale model manufacturer get licensing from the country/branch of military from which the piece originates? Or would this be a case where one goes to the manufacturer of the prototype? Or both? OK, that's four questions, but one answer will suffice. Chester
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Mar 15, 2004 4:26:32 GMT 1
I doubt that anything made during WW I or WW II would require any kind of licensing. The goverment of the country the equipment was built for basicly designed the piece, or had it designed to their specs. In a lot of cases the same piece was manufactured in more than one plant. I have never heard of any problems with ships, planes, tanks or outspace space made for the military.
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stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on Mar 15, 2004 7:29:51 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
How about vehicles done by known manufacturers? I am pretty sure that they will want something. ( I am thinking of AMG,CCC,GM,Oshkosh,etc).
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Post by BillC on Mar 15, 2004 8:40:09 GMT 1
When it's designed and built under contract for the military, all the designs generally either are or become government property. Technically, government symbols are not trademarked, but there are prohibitions against unauthorized use.
Generally, the military does not license those designs it permits to be reproduced in model form, especially since those designs are not technically private property.
As Lee mentioned, the armed services have usually been happy to work with modelmakers.
It's worth noting that the Trident Chevrolets and the Roco Dodge were originally copied from military vehicles supplied under the CUCV program, so it was a model of a M880 instead of a Dodge pickup, which prevented any Chrysler license issues from arising.
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