My comments are interspersed. > (1) Do you actually have a layout, or do you just model in S scale?
It depends. <vbg> I have a loop of track on a couple of O scale modules for running equipment and am working on the design for the "real" layout. The real layout will likely be domino or Free-Mo as I'm in a very small room and hope to take over a larger location and incorporate the pieces into a new layout. The loop of track (SHS' track) will be taken to local shows once we finish putting scenery on it and add a couple of switches to it so it isn't so obviously "round and round". The "real" layout will have handlaid track. > (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? I ignore what can't be seen (derailments are not allowed!). I'm trying to make my models believable without worrying that a rivet may be 1/1000 off in 12" to the foot. > (3) Do you attempt to run scale models as true to scale as best you can? Yes. > (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? No, but with several kids living in the house, I can't say this will continue. If unscale models do appear, they'll be gone when the prototype police arrive. Also, with some family members loving steam, some Amtrak, and some liking 60s/70s equipment, I'm sure some consists will make purists cringe, even if all the equipment is scale. Normally, I'll be running late 'teens/early '20s or early PC. > (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? Is the difference noticeable? If so, I'm serious. The SHS 2-8-0 appears to be very close to the Toledo & Ohio Central and Kanawha & Michigan NYC G-64 class engines. I won't worry about the sand domes being 2" off but I may modify the window corners eventually. > (7) Are you having fun? Yes, especially with my "tie a minute" five year old operator. My ten year old son is the kit builder - I need to have more fun of this type with him. > 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. Having been in S since 2003, I don't have your experience. It seems models are more scale in S than they were/are in O - that might be a warped perception on my part. Mark Plank 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/
