a NASS organization eh? Well, I can see, and I'm sure you can too, where this acronym would soon lead. We all had better have a good sense of humor and be partial to the Democrats. Hee, Hee, and Merry Christmas. Jeff
To: [email protected]: [email protected]: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:39:36 -0500Subject: {S-Scale List} Standard Gauge vs Narrow - Name Change The reason for "National Association of S Gaugers" is that way back in the early days, that is what we were, a varied group of aspiring model railroaders who either collected American Flyer, chopped or modified all kinds of train stuff in an attempt run S scale trains!So how many times do we have to attempt to get on the scale side of things? [Excuse the "WE", meaning we S Scalers] Our major push for S scale today is through our NASG, not that we scale modelers haven't tried to change things to our flavor. We published Scale orientated magazines, fortunately still have many Brass S scale dealers, have persuaded our other manufacturers to insert scale wheel sets in their A.F. compatible models and so on. .... Heck, we even have a S scale NMRA SIG group that has been mismanaged from the get go. How many of you S scalers belong to that group? How many S scalers on this list even belong to the NASG? The NMRA? What we have to face is, in-fact, that we S Scale modelers are on the bottom of the pile. Our manufacturers have to make money to stay in business and it ain't getting as much money from the scale group as they are from the American Flyer R-T-R group. So who is willing to go for a name change? Who is willing to quit the great [$20.00 a year] NASG, and start up a new organization named the "NASS" National Association S Scalers ?Folks, fifty years later we in S Gauge are still a varied bunch of model railroaders trying to achieve scale operations ....Frankly, I feel we are doing just fine just the way we are. Look at the magnificent progress we've made in the last twenty years. Who would have believed it when American Flyer went "Belly up" back in the 1960's? Many, many thanks to Frank Titman, Wally Collins, S Gauge Herald, and all of us in S gauge who kept 3/16th modeling alive until we could rebound with American Models and S Helper Service and all the others! As I said before, get off the what if "Merry-Go- Round," enjoy your model railroading hobby, what ever aspect of it you are in, and Merry Christmas to all! Run the Trains!"S"incerely,Bill Fraley[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 [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/
