re-draft the prototype rule ?

[paul needham <paul.2.needham-at-btconnect.com>]

Hi all

Steve as I build for pleasure and not for combat in the USA I can build 
what I like !

But I think a discussion is needed as to why the prototype rule was added 
in the first place.

My take is that if a tank was built - tortoise was
If it moved under its power - tortoise did
and production was not done due to changes in policy/tank was a poor design 
- tortoise was
it still ought to be eligible

If on the other hand it only existed as a drawing or a wooded mock up then 
maybe not ?

lets face it you are not sticking rigidly to any time scale or size scale [ 
i.e 36" or 1/6 scale]  so slightly re-writing the no protoypes rule may get 
some different shapes onto the battle field.

Mind you the SWAMPCAT isn't a scale anything [ I don't think] so where does 
that figure ?

regards paul
please not intending to stir up a hornets nest , just question the logic 
behind the rule !