Hey Ed; Before Gilbert, there was only CD models and maybe a couple of small producers like Nimco or Nord. Someone with a bit better knowledge of S history will have to say if those latter companies came on board before or after Gilbert AF. Do you think these small companies could have sustained S, or would it have gone the way of TT which also had one small primary company driving it (HP Products). BTW, TT is still around, you can find a couple of companies on the web selling cars and drive units for the Hallmark/Lionel Christmas ornaments which are apparently close to TT scale. If you think S is spoiled by all the the new products and long for the good old "scrounging" days, switch to TT!
It also seems like a lot of ink in the grand old Heralds is devoted to converting AF shells to scale, or repairing Flyer trains. It also seems to me that among your earlier S models, Ed, were those AF converted PAs and heavyweight passenger cars, and possibly a scale converted Hudson. Would you really be in S if none of those models had been possible (because no AF). Frank and Wally and the Herald probably kept S alive long enough to draw in the people now in it, including folks like Ron Bashista and Don Thompson who make most of the new stuff. I'm not sure there would have been enough S to keep alive without A.C. Gilbert Pieter Roos --- ed_loizeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Bill Fraley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, we commented on Ed Loizeaux's image in the > December Model > Railroader, <snip> > > Bill... > > Did'ja notice the caption that states: 'American > Flyer toy trains made > S scale popular....<snip>' > > Is this true? I never thought of it that way, but > then again I was not > a Flyer Boy. Did the caption writer get it correct? > Did AF really > make S SCALE popular...? H-m-m-m-m.... I thought > it was Frank Titman > and the original S GAUGE HERALD that made S scale > popular. But I have > been wrong before. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers...Ed L. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
