A few years ago I had an instance in the past along the same lines mentined by Charles, to wit:
A good model railroad friend was looking to increase size of his modeling medium. (He was in HO at the time.) Bear in mind my friend is definitely a "shake-the-box/RTR" kind of guy. (He simply doesn't have the dexterity to do much more than that.) The scenery he has created on past layouts was simplistic, but he was happy with it. When active, his real interest in model railroading is operation. In fact, he used to make weekend trips (he lives about 4.5 hrs from me) a couple/three times a year to operate with me on my tri-level HO layout. Anyway, he SERIOUSLY looked at S scale. Two things kept him from taking the plunge: 1. The lack of a comprehensive prefab track system. 2. The lack of variety in "shake-the-box/RTR" equipment. He decided to go with 3-rail in the "hi-rail" approach on account of the "plop n' play" nature of it, and spent a ton of money therein. Though he is envious of the size and quality of my S scale stuff, he is convinced he made the right choice. Oh well... one that "got away". FWIW: His investigations into S scale piqued my interest in the scale... and the rest is history! So, I guess S scale gained at least ONE more proponant from his explorations? Andre Ming ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Weston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 6:08 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Is there one...?? Good points, Ed! We talk about converting people from HO, but we don't have a DCC-friendly track system comparable to Atlas HO, which is bound to be a big stumbling block for those wanting to move up to S. Charles Weston --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
