I do hate getting into these barstool arguments where everyone seems to be talking at cross-purposes with little additional light resulting. My point was NOT that RMC ran the feature, not that even the previous major suppliers (AM, SHS, SSA/DPH, and even Lionel) stay in the black by catering to the AF-compatible market, but that the RMC--let me repeat that, RMC--readership is primarily full-scale, albeit more HO and N than S or even O scale, and that presenting the more-inclusive (as some call it, the NASG) portrait is likely to gain few new converts there. In fact, most will likely conclude that the higher-level of detail on even N scale equipment is superior to what S scale offers, so what would be the point in changing.
In a more general or toy train venue, the article would have been perfectly fine, perhaps even causing some of those readers to pause and think "S scale looks pretty realistic compared with what I'm using now," just as AF often trumped Lionel in the ca. 1950 period where prospective buyers had a real choice in what they bought. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > Monte, > > Thank you for speaking up. You see it like I did. I am trying to convet to > scale from high rail > but all the neg. talk is keeping me away for now. You are right, The article > covered the history of our scale from then(High rail) to now (scale). Some on > this list have a short circuit > toward the trueth. > Thanks, > Alan > > --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Lamont Heppe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Lamont Heppe <[email protected]> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: RMC Feature > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7:33 AM > > > > > > > Gee, did any of you guys that commented on the RMC feature ever think of > thanking them for a major mention of S instead of carping that they mentioned > something other than the "true faith". The main interest in S these days > seems to be Hirail and that is helping support both scale and AF. We really > need to stick together to encourage manufacturers. Yes, the timing was > unfortunate with the China situation, but the feature was in planning long > before that happened. > > Monte > > > > > > > > [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/
