----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Fraley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Recommending a survey
> > Hi, > I believe I've been on this list if not from the start, to almost from the start. > I would like to ask all of you S scale modelers on this list the following questions. > > (1) Do you actually have a layout, or do you just model in S scale? Yes. I have a layout-It's too big and still growing. > (2) If you do run your scale models on a layout, [yours or anybody's] are they exactly prototypically made to scale with all the detail, including underbodies? No. Absolutely not! > (3) Do you attempt to run scale models as true to scale as best you can? No. I decided long ago that I wanted a "Sense of Scale" whatever that is. Works for me. > (4) Are there models on your layout that are true to scale, but not finished. > Like the underbodies are not completely finished, and so on? Yes. > (5) Do you have any un-scale models running on your layout? I'm not sure what that question means. I'm not running AF & Marx stuff by simply changing trucks. > (6) Are you serious when you say that a SHS or AM model is off from the prototype 1/10 of a foot, or that the slope is off a fraction, or that the markings are wrong, or it has the wrong headlights for the model SHS-AM and others are re-creating? No. > (7) Are you having fun? Yes. My biggest frustration is not having enough time to get done what I'd like to. Good luck with your survey-Chuck > > Living in Hershey, Pa., I get a lot of visitors over a year and I pride myself as being an S scaler. I must be quite honest with you all, I've seen many hundreds of model railroads and I can't ever re-call seeing a perfect scale model railroad, in any scale, and I've seen some real beautiful model railroads. I'm sure there are some perfect scale models out there, but can they really run on track? > > Anyway, this message may seem acrimonious. But after being in S scale since 1962, I've often wondered about the above questions. The only questions above that I can say yes to, is yes, I have a scale layout, 4, 5, and 7. > > "S"ee ya! > Bill Fraley > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
