--- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK,
>
> Don D asked a perfectly innocent question. He has been out of the
fold for a
> while.
>
> But still....
>
> Why oh WHY, whenever there is something that does not exist, the
thought
> often pops up to get the NASG to make it a project? The NASG is NOT
A
> BUSINESS OR A MANUFACTURER! It is a NON profit organization that
produces a
> magazine/newsletter, promotes S Scale to the masses and helps
organize S
> events. That is a pretty easy concept to digest.
I'm with Billy on this one. The last time I looked, the NASG wasn't
a financial institution chartered to make loans for for someone to
produce something. And the few time it sponsored a project, there's
wailing and gnashing of electrons about how the NASG shoulda done
this, that or the other thing instead.
I may be wrong here, but I don't think the NASG even produces or
finances the "convention cars." That duty seems to fall on the
convention hosts.
Seems to me that a couple of years ago, there was a great thumping of
chests about S being the "scratchbuilders" scale and if you didn't
like it, get thee to HO. After all, how hard could a cantilever
signal brdge be to build? Couple of hunks of brass rod, some solder
and presto! Instant signal bridge...
Now, I make no pretense to being a scratchbuilder. The few thing's
I've built from scratch tend to be small, not well detailed and
concealed nicely by a coat of paint.
Sure, there's a lot of things I would like to see done in S. Most
probably wouldn't interest more than a handful of folks. I don't
expect the NASG to take on the risk. Maybe someday some one will
come out with some of these things, but I'll work with the hand I'm
dealt with.
Rich G.
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