Jonathan, you observation about lack of adequate variety of models in S strikes a nerve. Being new to S, coming out of 2 rail O, I had to consciously consider if I could live with the limited availability of locos in S that meet the standard I desire. I'm happy to say that the SHS line does that, except that in that case, I only need so many switchers. I have found F units, and someday hope to have a few, but really, since my era is 1990, the F units are largely gone. I'm also taking a hard look at American Models SD60s. I know the context was/is high quality from Sunset, I guess I had hoped that they would jump into S as well. Then, compound all this with the quagmire in China and it spells a long period of drought on the loco front. I have great hopes for the SD45 being developed by Scale America. One positive to all this...it forces discipline in the area of spending for locos and therefore keeps me from going nuts like I did in 2 rail O. Those were the good ol' days...real estate was good and money was good. Quite a different story today.
John A. Albee, Realtor [email protected] Prudential Snyder Real Estate #1 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, IL 61701 Mobile 309-830-6097 Office 309-665-0787 www.johnalbee.com From: Jonathan Hatfield <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:06 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: "S" scale SP Pacific project from 3rd Rail/Sunset That's what I was afraid of. Nothing against the existing mfgs. as they are excellent, but IMO they would not compete for the same dollars. Also, more model choices just makes it that much easier to draw more people into S as you would mitigate the main concern of limited product availability. I know I am in the minority, but I have been modeling in several other scales for over 30 years and I think the one major hurdle that keeps HO and O scale modelers out of S is lack of product diversity. Most scale modelers want to model a specific road or two. That is difficult to do in S. I hope Scott gives it another shot with a different model that has more broad based appeal. Regards, Jonathan From: ackerg Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: "S" scale SP Pacific project from 3rd Rail/Sunset As of 7:30 PM last night the "S" scale engines are cancelled. Scott feels that the "S" scale market doesn't want a Chevy in the market place. He feels that if the "S" scale modelers want only a Caddy then so be it. Scott was welling to work with the "S" scale market and was hoping to offer other engines inthe futureif this project was a go. [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/
