Hi Bill and All --
Interesting thinking. I would suspect that if anyone were to know about
the number of serious scale S modelers, it would be Dan and Jim of River
Raisin. I would expect that almost every one of the serious standard gauge
folk have at least one RRM model. Ron Sebastian of Des Plaines Hobbies
probably also has a pretty good feel for the number of serious standard
guage modelers, as he is a major and varied source of scale S products.
Of course, Bill Peter and P-B-L have an almost exclusive lock on Sn3, so
they should have a really good feel for the numbers there...
>From a personal viewpoint, backed by 23 years in the hobby business and as a
former purveyer of scale S, I would say that scale S is growing, but
relatively slowly. If you go back through issues of the commercial model
rail press, you will find more and more ads and products being offered in S
as you get closer to the present.
FYI, I think the best magazine for covering S of all kinds at the present
time is "Model Railroad News", and I believe Roy Hoffman has a regular page
or more of info in each issue. MRN is also looking for more S contributors
(as mentioned in the Feb 2008 issue).
Have fun!
Bill Winans
Prescott Valley, AZ
> 1. Which magazines are more friendly to S-scale news? The S-Gaugian
> appears,
> from first look-through, to be primarily an AF publication. Or is that
> just
> a reflection of AF popularity, and they do have substantial scale
> information as well?
>
> I guess I would have to ask what your intent is here. Are you looking to
> submit an article of some kind? The NASG Dispatch is always looking for
> submissions.
> 3. Does anyone know how popular S scale modeling is, and if its numbers
> are
> growing or shrinking?
>
> I have heard that there are 10 Sn3 modelers to every 1 standard S modeler.
> Billy Wade would probably be able to comment on that point. My S Scale
> collection is growing and my hairline is shrinking. I hope I answered your
> questions to your satisfaction!
>
> Numbers like this are hard to come by. There are any number of modelers in
> any scale that are lone wolves that do not associate with anyone for some
> reason. I have known some people like that. But otherwise, you will never
> know about them. Again, the major manufacturers and retailers might have a
> feel for it, but you can't arrive at even reasonable hard numbers IMHO.
>
> Thank You,
> Bill Lane
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