Originally Posted by
maxu52
I think you're allowed to copy software in case your computer crashes or something, but I do know you're not supposed to give that copy to anyone else.
Nor could you install it on more than one computer that you own (assuming you had a laptop, a desktop, etc.)
Originally Posted by
maxu52
As for the rest, very informative. I hadn't really thought of it like that before. Makes me wonder about using measurements from other models. Legal or not, it may not be the right thing to do. I imagine the modelmaker did a lot of research into sizes before making the model. I was thinking of buying a 1/35th scale Meillerwagen and just copying it in styrene cut from their measurements (just from sheet and tube and stuff like evergreen and plastruct) and increased to 1/16th scale. Not for sale, mind you, but just for personal use. I think in that case I should be OK, since I can't get a kit in 1/16th it actually increases my consumerism by buying a kit I wouldn't have purchased for any other reason. And a lot of modelers check measurement to make sure a kit is accurate, and once you have info you have it, eh? Or am I just trying to find an excuse not to feel guilty about it?
Before you assume that its accurate - you could have the same tank being modeled by different companies with different outcomes for whatever reason such as the link below:
http://vodnik.net/pages/m1-comparison/m1comp1.htm