Ok folks, if you're interested in the Sergent Engineering "scale" couplers, here is my latest e-mail from them :
From: Frank Sergent To: [email protected] ... Please let me know what the current situation in the S scale world is. I went to the S Helper site and it looks like just about everything is currently out of production (words about moving molds, etc.) Are there any other S scale manufacturers left? My 3D printer problems have prevented me from making much progress on the latest S scale design and I was considering just biting the bullet at going to a diecast S scale coupler much like the HO scale couplers. This requires a lot more capital, so I need to be sure the pay back is there (even if it will take a while). With the Showcase Line apparently on life support I'm a little scared of the situation. Don't misunderstand; I'm not looking for promises from 50 different modelers to buy X pairs of couplers. I'm looking for confidence that this would be winner over the long haul (5 to 10 years). If The Showcase Line is on the way out, I don't see how S scale can survive, and I don't see how I could ever recoup my cost. Please let me know. As you can see, Frank needs a little reassurance that all is not dead in the S scale world! I can only do so much on my own, so I'm asking for everyone to chip in and help me bring Frank up to date on what IS going on and how many other active manufacturers are still out there. If Frank backs out on doing the new S coupler, that will also mean the death of my new, scale-sized draft gear boxes... and maybe a few of the other under-the-radar projects I'm working on that most of you have no knowledge of. The ball is in our court. Anyone wanna take a swing at it? John Degnan [email protected] Welcome to the New World of S Scale - www.trainweb.org/seaboard/welcome.htm Want to try your hand at some realistic modeling? Come join us on the following groups! : - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sscalemodelrailroading - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SSPM - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Proto64 [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/
