[Closed] BOS-Models' '57 Buick Caballero with the wheels adjusted

Looks much much better - Good Job ... I Like the look

Looks good. I am seriously considering this model.

Excellent, Clifford! A great improvement.

Looks great! Now, why didn't BOS make this simple correction? This has always puzzled me...

... about model manufacturers. Frequently, they'll go 85% of the distance to make a great model. However, so often an easy to fix problem that detracts mightily from the model isn't attended to. I don't buy that the makers don't see the issues. And to that end, I don't understand why so many don't go that extra 10 or 15% to make it a 95% or 100% model.

Some of the "insiders" have intimated that the bean counters reach a development point of the model and reason "It's good enough." If it were my company, I can't imagine that I'd settle for "good enough" when the effort to make it right doesn't require a lot of cost.

See what a simple improvement can do? Wheels need to be tucked in...this Buick looks 200% better!

Well, a couple of points you may be off target on Marlowe, are the fact that what appears to be an 'easy' fix may actually not be quite so simple in practice or on a production line. I'm sure you have heard people say things such as, "Oh heck, you can just photo-shop that into the image", when you know in reality it may not really be quite that straight-forward or simple to do .... at least, to get something at least reasonably acceptable looking.

Also, yes, they undoubtedly have a budget they need to adhere to and they may have gone up to (or even a bit over) their limit concentrating on things they may have considered more important at that point, like a great paint finish, excellent body lines or other details.

And additionally, given there are no perfect models _anywhere_ at any price, many collectors may consider a slightly too-wide stance may be a 1 or 2 % deduction, rather than the 15 % you give it.

Overall, this looks like an outstanding model and excellent subject matter. I think that's, by far, the most important point here.

Permit me to simplify this matter even further. It really boils down to just this.......

Why is it that "we" (as in a random group of collectors) instantly recognize that this model, this beautiful model, suffers from poor execution.

In sort, the wide wheel widths make this Buick look stupid. Now why is it that we can see this "clearly" while engineers who are paid to correctly replicate accurately can't? It's quite obvious? Right?

As Marlowe (and others, including myself) have noted time & time again... Why are these "dumb-***" mistakes allowed to make it to final production?

Why?

And is the case so often, this being no exception, correcting these mistakes not only improves models 10-fold but also saves money! Shorter axles, less material need to replicate the chassis, etc...

I just don't get it!

Four wheels corrected, 400% better!

Mike, you're absolutely right. As a layperson, I have no idea of the complexity required...

... to make changes late in the production stages. I'm often thinking of one of Murphy's Laws, "Nothing is as easy as it looks." I think I alluded to that point when I mentioned industry insiders have confided at sometimes the manufacturers get to a point where they reason, "It's good enough." However, if it were my company, I'm certain I'd go the extra mile (and cost) to get it more right.

Chris ... I've thought exact same thing about news cars today "Somebody approved that ?"