> Because you cannot purchase an S scale ready-to-use turnout complete > with switch motor. Until you can, scale trackwork will continue to be > the primary barrier to more people going "scale."
Speaking for myself, at least... and I'm quite sure a multitude more... turnouts being equipped with a switch motor is in no way whatsoever a requirement or even something that I want at all. Most, if not all "quality" turnouts in HO scale do NOT come with switch motors (no, I do not consider Atlas' "Snap-Track" to be a "quality" item) I'm referring mainly to Shinohara, BK, and a few others. Those "scale modelers" who do use Atlas turnouts (and turnouts of similar grade) typically throw away the remote motors... or simply buy the ones that don't come with the motors. So I seriously doubt that this has anything to do with it... at least it doesn't for me. But regardless... Dick's comment supports my long-held view that higher quality items NEED to be made availible in S... whether it be to get more S enthusiasts to go with "scale" models or simply to draw modelers from other scales into S. Coming full-circle... John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Seaboard Air Line Information Collective and Photo Archive http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Karnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] Re: Scale vs. hirail... > pieter_roos wrote: > > >It is also worth noting that the HO standards of code 100 track and > >RP-25 wheels that everybody in HO now uses are almost identical > >(except for gauge) with "scale" S. So why is "scale" in S assumed > >to be too difficult to use? > > > > > Because you cannot purchase an S scale ready-to-use turnout complete > with switch motor. Until you can, scale trackwork will continue to be > the primary barrier to more people going "scale." To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, 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/
