I went to a "regional" O Gauge show yesterday, Enjoyed it in a sense, but it really confirmed my feelings for the proportions of S Scale.
I have modeled in every scale fom Z thru G, to one extent or another. Even full size as one of the 12 founders of the Ohio Railway Museum (Which is now going downhill like a toboggen even though it has an Executive Director and Docents, (my, my, my, what class). But hardly anyone who knows how to fix things or get their hands dirty. But the other side of the O gauge show was almost pathetic, Almost all OLD guys selling off stuff, an estate or two, but virtualy no one under 40.or 50. There were several new product dealers, but table after table of older, or real old,.material No layout- Thank god no Lionel or Flyer. These can be fun but are toys with a high alcohol content. John Armstrong -- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 8:24 AM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} an unfortunate trend! Yes, the increasing age of our group worries all of us as to the future of our hobby. I wonder whether the model airplane crowd--a group I know next to nothing about--is experiencing a similar decline. I entered the modeling hobby decades ago by purchasing and building balsa wood model airplanes. I recall making such models as the Piper Cub, some variety of a Cessna, a P-47 Thunderbolt, a Gruman Hellcat, and then gradually I switched to Lionel, and from there to S-scale. \ In those days, regardless of whether we were building model airplanes or model trains, we had to build the stuff. Building model trains with Lionel? Well, I started purchasing and building All-Nation box cars, and that step killed my satisfaction with Lionel trains. Of course, high-school and college were years of time out for school, cars, and girls, but I returned. Whenever I go to a hobby shop, I notice that it does have some balsa wood model airplane kits, but very few. Perhaps that branch of modeling suffers a similar downward trend. As a high-school teacher, I find no teenage boys who are interested in model airplanes or model railroads. The dominant interest seems to be computers, computer games, and heaven knows what else. Tom __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5597 (20101106) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5598 (20101107) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
