Roy, Your “S Curves” column was the reason that I originally subscribed to “Model Railroad News”. It was the first constant presence for S gauge in a general circulation magazine. But I also enjoy “MRN” because the reviews contain good, concise information about the prototype, which I find entertaining, as well as reviews and articles about electronics, scenery, etc. A subscription is cheap, and a good value. I’m happy to see that Dick’s continuation of your column is attracting S advertisers too (both scale and hirail). A couple pages of S in a non S magazine can’t hurt the cause!
If it were not for the hirail modelers and their superior purchasing power, we would all be still converting AF and scratch building, with little chance of ever having an operating model railroad. There are many hirailers who move on to scale, as I did. Roger Nulton From: Roy Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S Magazines Obviously, I'm vastly outnumbered on this list and I'm getting flamed pretty good. You would think that the NASG had a new logo with the couplers coming apart if you read all these posts. We are all in the same scale boat, but you'd never know it. I remember people getting angry because the sub-ads in the RMC joint ad had those "lobster claw" couplers in them as if someone reading the ad would write off converting to S because of them. This kind of hysteria hurts us, not helps in spite of what the critics think. Everyone on the same page pulling for S is the only way we''ll survive and perhaps even grow. But, I don't think I'll live long enough to see it. When I compared the SG to MR, I just meant that the appeal of the two magazines was broad-based and was not comparing toy trains to "serious" model railroading. Of course the magazines are different. As to the way I conducted my "scattershot approach" when I wrote the S Curves column for 8 years, the magazine itself covers highrail and tinplate as well as scale. You are liable to see three-rail O guage on the cover. I saw no harm in covering ALL of S scale in the column. Model Railroaders are grown up enough to know the difference. I'm a model railroader who happens to model in S and want to enjoy my waning years by being active in the NMRA. They don't seen to worry about rail height a whole lot there. Roy [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/
