Hi Bill; Welcome to S Scale! You seem to have come aboard the list at a bit of a "rough" time, but more often than not posts are more about S model railroading than arguing over the Reply button or meaning of "Scale" vs. "Gauge". Hang in there.
I think your observations about S and other scales views are right on. If you NEED Big Boys or Eire Triplexes or a dozen new models each month S may be the wrong scale. If you want to build a fine model railroad, and are willing to use the many fine models in S (and more do come, just not as fast as in HO) it's really a great scale. Be sure to post some photos of your Railmaster models when you get a chance. Someday enough of us will ask, and AM will re-run the smooth side cars. Maybe you can get him to do CN when he does! Pieter william cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: okay, I'm a new convert to S-scale. #1 reason: Sn42 loco (G8) is produced in this scale by Railmaster, and dual gauge can be modelled if one chooses Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland...now if I can find an SW1200RS! #2 reason: time for a change, lost most of my trains in a fire in December, adn S-scale IS a nice size, as everyone says (yes even the HO guys who have problems putting their choo choos on the tracks readily admit that S is a nice size, kind of like the baby bear thing with Goldilocks....) #3 reason: the manufacturers seem to stick together! at least at shows (Springfield, Mass 2008). Life is too short for some of the bull that goes on in other scales.....! Comments I've heard from other MRR's about not changing scales: -- no big GiHuge-ick engines (probably a pre AM 4-8-4 comment!) -- not enough selection of equipment ( especially passenger cars and modern BIG freight cars....) my comments: S scalers seem to be genuine and nice people (like most of the narrow gaugers I know in other scales!) Would like to see the 85' smooth side streamliners released again.... besides planning a CN pike based on PAB, Newfoundland, am considering a standard gauge pike in addition, probably late steam era/early diesel era...with at terminal area reminiscent of the Fort Street Depot in Detroit....many railroads and choices of equipment... and for cost, have you seen the prices of the RTR HO freigh and passenger cars recently? Bill -- Bc [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "...Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. ...." -EWW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SUPPORT Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm#S "Have you considered my servant Job?" (Job 1:8) Yahoo! Groups Links Pieter E. Roos Railroad Home Page at www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
