Ed . It's like running for president, but without the
millions of $. Did you see Bill Lanes note about whot it took to
impress him on layouts, etc?
John Armstrong
>> > Allen answered, that originally he tried that with N &
O gauges and
>> > that those disc's didn't do well, that HO
seems to be what sells
>> > Your Thoughts?
>>
> Bill
>
> Howdy Bill......I have an interesting
thought to relate that proves
> something (not sure what) about S
scale's lack of popularity. There
> are two other model RR guys
(HO) living within a few blocks of the
> mighty NYC. The three of
us form a cluster of layouts quite a distance
> from other
layouts. All of us are friends and we all like to have open
>
houses whenever there is a convention in the area -- about four or five
> times each year. In the early daze, I described my layout as a
"large
> S scale layout"....yadda yadda....and got
numerous visitors to see the
> sights. As time went on, I
eventually learned that the other two
> nearby HO layouts were
getting more visitors. So I inquired as to why
> visitors did not
drive another couple of blocks to see the NYC. The
> answer was:
"Your layout is S scale and they have no interest in S
>
scale." So I changed the description to emphasize NYC, CMRI, JMRI,
> transition era, beautiful scenery, etc. and deleted all mention
of S
> scale. No scale at all was included in the description.
Attendance
> immediately increased and is now more or less the
same as the other
> neighboring HO layouts. So Allen Keller's
experience is pretty much
> the same as mine -- S scale is a hard
sell. Cheers....Ed L.
>
>
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