As a kid in the fifties I remember the all out war of toy trains fought in the canyons of New York City, Phila and Chicago. Remember the factory displays from Lionel and Gilbert? American Flyer absolutely influenced the GUAGE. The SCALE Model railroader influenced modeling in 1/64 scale. The S guage modelers still outnumber the scale modelers. And this is exactly why I refrained from getting back into S SCALE for nearly 20 yrs. You have Hi Rail, Flyer, and Scale all on one guage. I go through the various companies web sites and see nice looking cars with huge flanges and couplers. It makes sense but as a consumer new to 1/64th it is confusing with each faction trying to get the consumer dollar. Just my thoughts, Ken
Let's not overlook the existence of S Scale in Britain. Were they motivated by American Flyer? I rather doubt it. I think the popularity of S-scale is due to its size and scale. There is no disputing the influence of Gilbert and AF on the American market but I would not say they were responsible for the popularity of S-scale today. I don't think S-scale got really popular until scale products were available. The S-scale influence on me was the Southwind SP 2-8-0 and Bill Wade's publication and products. There must be many modelers like me who have no memories of American Flyer. Art ----- Original Message ----- Hey Ed; Before Gilbert, there was only CD models and maybe a couple of small producers like Nimco or Nord. big clip I'm not sure there would have been enough S to keep alive without A.C. Gilbert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071031-1, 10/31/2007 Tested on: 10/31/2007 2:20:38 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Ken Hough Photographic Repair Service Specializing in the Complete restoration of Deardorff View Cameras Est 1982 www.deardorffcameras.0catch.com 219 462 0281 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071031-1, 10/31/2007 Tested on: 10/31/2007 2:50:20 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com 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/
