Does this encourage people to Grafitti trains?

[tbtc]

If you're the type of person who looks at a gleaming new inter-city train as a blank canvas for your creativity, then this is for you

http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=57

Any thoughts on a product like this being on sale?

(if you really wanted to practice grafitting a coach in 1:76 scale then you'd be much cheaper going to Hattons anyway (http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=10206)

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Most InterCity trains are kept in depots when not in use, and it is fairly complex to grafitti here without being noticed. Hopefully it will divert their attention from doing it to the real thing. Some of the grafatti on railways (but not on actual rail land) is quite good, not that I encourage it though.

 

[CarterUSM]

Is this really a problem anymore? I know it isn't where I work, some substance is applied to the graffiti and it just gets sprayed off, takes less than a minute. Someone should be able to explain that better with perhaps more conviction than myself all the same.

 

[thefab444]

That's nearly as bad as that stupid Flying Scotsman clock!

 

[ailsa]

It's a bit bizarre but I don't think that banning it would stop any graffiti artists. Can't see why anyone would want to buy it though.

 

[richw]

someone i used to work with used to graffiti, and he took pride in drawing his own designs everywhere, i never understood his pride or anything about what he was doing!

 

[142094]

I've seen this before on a modelling website, and we had a good discussion on it then. TBH, I don't think it would encourage it, the main reason people grafitti trains is to get noticed, and you'll get noticed by a lot more people tagging a train that moves around instead of a trackside box.

This person has used those transfers on their layout to good effect. But I still wouldn't think that it would encourage someone to go and buy a can of spray paint and tag a carriage.