Bob makes very good points here. Not everyone moving up from HO to S wants to hand lay, tinker, or fiddle with track.
Charles Weston --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Motorised Turnouts - was : S Philosophy To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 12:44 PM I'm in the hurry but I forgot to finish what I was trying to say: Furthermore those track components need to be readily available in hobby shops and not just through one source. If I was starting out in S, I would want to buy my track in the same store at the same time I bought my SD-45! Bob Werre > > Pete, I think what Monte and the BOT is concerned is that Shinnhera > (sp) makes RTR switches in #6 and #8 sizes. Unfortunately the #6 has > some problems. To me, both were rather fragile but never having using > the HO similar, I'll leave that critique to someone else. > > What is actually needed is a whole system of track components similar to > the Atlas line that has endured nearly forever with modifications over > the years. Unfortunately American Models, nor SHS nor Tomalco really > have a total system, although Tomalco probably comes the closest to the > scale guy's needs. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
