Michael, What you say is very true with one big exception--narrow
gauge. I know many people who modeled all the eras in HO but after one
trip to Chama or Durango made the switch to Sn3--I came very close
myself! These guys came back home and sold all their diesels and bought
C's T's and K's and put them on light rail.
Back in
the days of the Herald there was a column that stated there were no S
narrow gauge manufacturers! Now Sn3 is on equal settings with the other
scales narrow gauge numbers thanks to early efforts of Tomalco (even
before Swede Norlin (sp) took over) and of course PBL developed the high
end brass line and injection molded plastic BTS and Railmaster and many
others have added to make a fairly complete line and loyal customers.
Maybe we could learn something from Bill Peters!
Bob Werre
meldridge2000 wrote:
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>I believe the transition era is modeled for two reasons: a lot of
>people currently in S Scale were impressionable young lads during the
>transisiton era; and I can buy a low priced diesel for half of what it
>costs for a low end steam locomotive. In twenty years one of those
>reasons will disappear, and I expect there won't be enough market to
>sustain the other reason. I believe the attraction to the transition
>era will almost completely disappear.
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>By the way, does it escape our notice that, unless I'm mistaken, AC
>Gilbert manufactured modern era equipment? The company that is
>responsible for many of our senior S scale friends choosing S scale
>and staying with it for decades?
>
>What we need is someone who can float a couple of million dollars to
>manufacture modern stuff for the next 20 years with no expectation of
>profit.
>
>-Michael Eldridge
>-San Jose, CA
>-Modeling the 1920's, before my dad was born.
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