Jace, I was layout 21 way down on the south side of St Louis county. A fair ways from the St Charles Convetion Plaza. There were so many really great layouts between me and there that I really was supprized that anyone showed up at my place. I am sorry that I did not get to meet you thought. May be another time. Mike S
--- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > > I was at the convention and got around to some of the railroads on exhibit > but not all--I'm sorry to say I didn't make it to yours (probably on the > wrong side of St Louis from where I was staying with family). > I suspect you have a point that those specializing in Sn3 often don't seem to > have much interest in a standard gage interchange. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > My layout was open for the 2010 National Narrow Gauge convention. I did not > > draw the numbers some of my fellow modelers did but I did have plenty of > > visitors and a lot of them were "S". They were all use to seeing Hon3, On3 > > and Sn3. When they viewed my layout they thought that my scale was a funny > > O scale. Funny how so many fellow modelers are not familiar with S > > standard. Once explained about "S" standard they seemed to enjoy the size > > and its workings. > > Some of the questions asked by the visitors: > > Who made the locomotives and how much they cost? > > Who made the cars and what other items were available? > > Who makes the track? > > I was surprised by the Sn3 people not knowing about American Models and > > others. They were very impressed with how well the AM locos ran. The > > Tsunami sound in the 4-8-4 blew them away. > > I really feel that holding an open house in our scale whether it is narrow > > or standard other fellow modelers get to experience 3/16s. > > Mike S > > > > [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: [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/
