Hi Dale; I don't think most Scalers want Flyer or Hi-rail guys to go away (except maybe when one of the tells me I'm ruining the hobby by wanting, say, a full length passenger car).
It would seem that the Flyer compatible part of S is pretty well served by the manufacturers and the hobby press in the form of Classic Toy Trains, S Gaugian, and Dispatch. Why would Flyer or High-rail feel slighted if the ads in RMC don't have Flyer couplers? Do they REALLY think that is attractive to the typical RMC reader? Or if NASG promoted strictly scale at meet for scale modelers in multiple scales? Mostly, I think we get weary of explaining that we don't have AF when we tell someone we model in S Scale. Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 2/24/11, Dale Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Wishful thinking for sure, but why > that wish? I don't understand why is > it that so many "scalers" have the same dream that all high > railers and > Flyer hobbyists should just go away and leave them and the > magazines and > manufacturers that serve both segments of the S hobby to > the advancement > of the "pure" form of S. Why can't we > simply co-exist? The product > demand we generate certainly brings you products which you > can use, > albeit with some modification. > > By the way, on the West Coast, I have never seen a scale S > display, but > I have seen plenty of highrail layouts at shows. > > Dale Smith ------------------------------------ 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/
