--- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote:
> I just want to clarify why I proposed the article-a-year in GMR. Do you buy
> the O scale magazines? The On30 Annual that Cartens publishes? While having
> an all-S version of GMR or a new S Handbook certainly says something about S
> and would be a great thing for all of US to read, why would a modeler in HO
> or O scale buy it An article in GMR every year, year after year, would be
> seen by modelers in the other scales and leave the impression after a few
> years that yes, people really do model (and well) in S.
>
>
I totally agree. I still recall Roger Nulton's layout article years ago
making me realize that S could be done to high standards in an average space
within a reasonable budget, it was something that caught the eye of modelers in
all scales. I don't think I'd ever seen an S layout that made me think that
before and I haven't seen one in print since then although I might have missed
some. I've seen Ed L's layout in person and know it is GMR material so there's
at least one waiting in the wings and I imagine there could be enough around
the country to give them one article per year if that became a goal.
As Pieter said other S scale specific magazines only are only bought by
folks already in the scale while GMR and the online MRH magazine are read by
mainstream modelers in the most popular scales so they can't overlook S as they
thumb thru the mags.
The key is the layouts presented have to be top quality, built to the latest
standards of detailing , design , and scale fidelity. The American Flyer roots
is not a selling point or a desirable connection to make when trying to
interest real scale modelers, they don't really care that the Spiral Hill was a
pioneering S layout, they want to know what can you do for me today.
All scales of layout look about the same in print so an S highrail layout
looks about the same as an N layout sorting pizza cutter wheels and that's not
gonna cut it with the modern modelers who are used to buying well detailed
models right out of the box.The state of the art progresses at a rapid pace and
S needs to get in gear and get moving.It would be a shame for this sweet size
to drop out just from lack of exposure and lack of new modelers to sustain new
products.
Well known N scale modeler Bernard Kempinsky is building his latest layout in
O scale so it would be great to find a well known modeler interested in S for a
new venture? A co-op like the midwest valley HO modelers group might also be a
good way to get a world class layout built and published? Regards, DaveBranum
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