Regarding roadnames, I feel the same way about Milwaukee Road and I'm sure there are others with other favorites. What to do???
Chuck Porter ----- Original Message ----- From: "leikec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] S scale decals - and more factory painted options > > > One thing I have noticed in S scale compared to O scale is that > there are more diesel engines available on a more regular basis in S > than in O 2-rail. > And while this is good news for S scale, it seems that a huge > limiting factor in the growth of the scale is the lack of variety in > road name choices. > For instance, if I am modeling Delaware & Hudson in S scale, I am > lucky because there is a kit existing for a D&H wood caboose (decals > included), and models of PA, RS-3, RS-11/RS-36 diesel engines, a > shell for the Baldwin RF-16 "Shark" and a beautiful wide-vision > caboose available. > But the only decal set for any of these is a D&H diesel set covering > 1977-84 by Microscale. This set is of limited use if you wish to > model the early to mid-70s D&H, which is the most popular era to > model. > None of these models come factory-painted for D&H at the present time > (the SHS wide-vision caboose is supposed to be available factory- > painted in the 3rd run). > > The BL-2 by BTS is an outstanding model, but if you want to paint and > letter one for C&O (who had the largest fleet of these engines) you > are in trouble. > > IF you model WP, GTW, 50's era CN, or many other roads, then decal > availability is problematic, and factory-painted models are rare, or > impossible to find. > > I think it is wonderful that there is so much product available in S > nowadays, but I believe the growth of S scale is inhibited by the > lack of roadnames being offered by the manufacturer. And for decal > makers such as Microscale, S scale seems like a growth market, which > is the opposite of what is happening in HO and N scale. > > What do you think? Is this a concern for anyone else out there? > Sorry for the long-winded post!! > > Jeff C > > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. > > 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 > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. 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/
