Hi all --
I am just glad that I got into scale S AFTER the changes to the standards
had been made. I have not had to adjust any of the wheels’ gauge on any of
my locos, though the rest of the rolling stock has needed tweaking. When I
started, I knew of no sources other than the brass importers, American
Models, and Don Heimburger’s “S”cenery Unlimited. Fortunately, my first
standard gauge loco worked with the Shinohara flex track that Don sold, so I
made my own rather crude track gauge to match from a chunk of sheet brass
which I am still using to this day, at least 30 years later. I still
mostly eyeball guard rail clearances and the like, but my track works very
well, thank you. It also tells me if a wheelset is out of gauge, even by
just a hair’s thickness...
Thanks to all who made this possible!
Bill Winans
Prescott Valley, AZ
Bob:
I think you just restated a misconception that probably started the fight in
the first place. Bradley wanted other scales based on HO, other scales
wanted to have some basis in a mathematical reduction from the prototype.
Using the HO track gauge at the time and scaling it S did not produce track
that was 4' 8.5" in dimension. NASG chose to change to new standards that
recognized 4' 8.5" as our track gauge (0.883).
Change is a fearful and burdensome thing, avoided by most people. In this
case I think NASG made a very courageous move in 1981 with the new
standards, which BTW would common frog with Sn3, something existing (and
Bradley's proposed) standards for S would not. It seems to have withstood
the test of time quite well. Sometimes if we can get past our initial fear
of change, it actually works out. Now, about that DCC... <GRIN>
It's 8 below zero here so stirring the pot might actually create warmth...!
Jim Kindraka
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