Peter commented: > Then I came around to S. To be honest, I hadn't considered it much > at first because I didn't think there was much out there, but now I > know that's not the case
This is what I also thought, and one reason I started in O Scale and stayed there for over a decade before switching to S scale about 2 years ago. Then Peter asks: > If you've been kind enough to read this far without dozing off, > please help me decide which scale would be best for me. I realize > that this is an S forum, but you're the experts, and your thoughts > would help me a great deal. I like the size of O, the simplicity of > wiring that comes with 3 rail, and how many figures and details are > available for it. I also like S because it's a nice size without > being as big as O, but I am concerned about how many detail items > are available. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. As I already noted, I switched from O scale (had 2 rail and a very small 3 rail layout) to S a couple of years ago. What equipment are you looking to run? That could make a big difference. In my case, I model the Toledo & Ohio Central around WW I and a secondary era around late NYC and early PC (when the T&OC reappeared). There are more models available in S scale for my earlier era than there were in O (although Atlas has since come out with some nice, although with oversize details, double-sheathed box cars, including two painted for the T&OC). The S Helper Service <http://www.showcaseline.com/> 2-8-0 is a near dead ringer for the T&OC/NYC G-46 classes, so that was a big determination for choosing S over O. If you use DCC, the wiring is not that big of a deal, so that helps negate the advantage of 3-rail. Maybe if you state what you are hoping to run, you can get better feedback on what is available in each scale. One problem I noticed is that it appeared that offerings in S are hard to locate - that wasn't true, but I just didn't know where to look. The following sites have been very helpful to me: <http://nasg.org/index.html> - National Assocation of S Gaugers (check out the product link on the left hand side) <http://www.trainweb.org/crocon/sscale.html> - Craig S. O'Connell's listing of S scale resources <http://www.s-scaletrains.com/sbuyer/index.html> - S Scale buyer's guide (home page at <http://www.s-scaletrains.com/>) <http://www.americanmodels.com/> - Along with S Helper Service, the "main" supplier of S scale There are many other resources (including manufacturers), but until we know your interests we can't point them out to you. Hope this helps. Mark Plank -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm 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. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. 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/
