Hi Bill & Group,
These are my answers, for what it's worth.
> (1) Do you actually have a layout, or do you just model in S
> scale?
I'm in the process of building a layout.
> (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?
Yes they are very well detailed as are all my structures.
> (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?
I hope that when the layout is up all the models will be
complete. I only leave off things that you can't see unless you
turn them over. If they are on the track and you can't see it,
why model it?
> (5) Do you have any un-scale models running on your layout?
Well a few AF flats scaled out and detailed as best I can. Does
that count.
> (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?
If it's off by 1/10 who cares? Or if the slope is a few degrees
off who cares? No one will know unless you tell them.
> (7) Are you having fun?
>
> 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?
I have not had anyone over to see my layout (it's not ready for
visitors), the only people that see it are the club I'm in and
my family. When I'm to the point I can actually run trains,
maybe I'll be on a layout tour.
>
> Anyway, this message may seem acrimonious. But after being in
> S scale since
> 1962, I've often wondered about the above questions.
I started in AF in 1964, I went to HO about 5 years later, then
back to S scale 1991. I have been sputtering since, I have also
decided to add Sn3 into my layout. I have added the narrow gauge
RR that my Dad never got to build. He got me into trains when I
was very young.
Thankx for letting us do this it was a great idea.
Happy Holidays to all of you and your families.
Have a groovy evening
Bob Black
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