Smoky Mountain didn't have an ad because Jim King doesn't produce more kits than he can sell, at least not any more, and most especially not in S scale. His profit margin is sufficiently tight that advertising probably isn't a consideration. Yes, everything is covered: as Tom Hawley noted, every form of S scale ever produced is given equal weight, with correct scale (and I am not talking about P/64) hiding in the corner, lost among all the clunky toy trains. No inducement whatever for the scale modelers who read RMC to take S scale seriously.
For all the money Jim Kindraka spent on a display ad for the USRA 0-6-0, one would have thought there would have been more attention paid to brass imports, which are hardly mentioned (I think perhaps ONCE). I could not recall whether I had seen this George Riley posting on the list--the only name attached to any part of the copy-- but I think I am hearing no one seems to know who he is. Hardly appropriate to showcase S scale with someone who is not a prominent practitioner. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > The big dog for Scale is River Rasin. M.L.W. Services. Both had 2 adds. N. > J. International > for crossing signals and switch stands. Why didn't SMMW have an add. As to > the artical, It starts the perfect size an introduction to"S" scale about the > History of American Flyer before the Scale guys got involved. Then it goes > into Getting Started where Electrical is coverd , AC DC DCC all covered. > Track is well covered high rail S-Helper That takes both highrail and scale > RP25 wheelsets. Then shows a picture with high rail and scale wheels side by > side. Couplers are all covered as well. It is all covered in the artical. > Hope this helped. > Thanks, > Alan > > > --- On Wed, 4/20/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> > Subject: {S-Scale List} RMC Feature > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 2:46 PM > > > > > > > > Although my current issue arrived last week, I only just got around to > reading it last night. I am quite disappointed. > I'm not sure where the support for this came from, whether from the > advertising by S scale manufacturers > or an editorial decision by RMC, but there was far too much AF material in > the write-up, with only passing mention > of the scale side. One tends to assume most RMC readers have a strong scale > orientation, since that is largely what > the content favors--toy train collectors and operators have their own > publications--so how would a serious scale > modeler in HO or N or even O scale find S scale attractive with that slant? > Moreover, with all the excellent scale > model railroads in S scale from which to choose, all the illustrations are of > garden-variety ready-to-run, the majority of the same vapid > diorama. There is no serious evidence of brass imports or even the history of > the scale side of S (Northeastern or Kinsman or Rex are > never mentioned), although one can read more about A. C. Gilbert and > Plasticville than one wants to learn. Strangely, I don't believe > Bachmann (assuming they even still sell Plasticville new) paid for any ads in > the section. A thoroughly wasted opportunity that will > likely not come again any time soon. > > It is also sad that this didn't happen a year ago (or, one hopes, a year from > now) so the two major suppliers, SHS and AM could have > justified display ads for inventory ready to ship. Most unfortunate that such > a feature appears when the mess in the PRC has cut > off most of the items that would tempt someone to try S scale. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [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/
