today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The company that manufactured the model no longer exists. Therefore, I don't think there are any legal concerns.

Do you know definitively that the rights of ownership have not been transferred to another party? That property might still have an owner unknown to you unless you make the inquiries.

Ellie and I, on more than one occasion, had our work copied by others (thieves, to use the vernacular) who assumed -- simply because our product was out of production for a few years -- that they had clearance to profit from our good works. Such conduct -- by uncaring, untalented, thieves -- is most frustrating to we who have the talent, resources, and dedication to originate good works. Such thievery puts a damper on further product development and production by the Creators.

David Merriman lll
D&E Miniatures

[gantu]

Baymo München hatten diesen Bausatz vertrieben.

[JHapprich]

Cool, gantu! That looks like the british kit from early 2000 though it states made in ger-rus.odd. They had a fancy diveplane mechanism for the fwd planes,too. Madness in brass

[redboat219]

Sharing an email I got from David when I asked about making a GRP copy of the Revell Type VII

"If you're suggesting taking a commercially available kit (presently available or currently not in production) and reproducing it without the express permission of the property owner, then NO, I don't steal other peoples property."

David

[gantu]

The company that manufactured the model no longer exists. Therefore, I don't think there are any legal concerns.