From: Alan Lambert Lone Star Flyer Club Arlington, Texas Ted, I chose S over the other scales because I already had a set (Found it in attic) from early age ( don't know how old I was) but the engine was the K-325 and I still have it, and the whole set plus some extra pieces I had picked up. I have seen pictures of Chips layout empire. Thanks, Alan
________________________________ From: Theodore Weiler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:17 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Modern offerings in S Chip Romig here in Dallas switched because he had trouble reading car numbers on the HO cars. He got his first brass loco and loved it. he is completing a huge S empire in Plano. He is a MMR. Ted Weiler Weatherford, TX ________________________________ From: John Degnan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, January 28, 2012 6:47:20 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Modern offerings in S In support of and agreement with what Jim said (quoted below), I can say that in all of my years in HO and the few I've spend in bth HO and S, I have never once heard an HO scaler say that, due to worsening vision problems, they were moving from HO into S... it has ALWAYS been that they were moving into O from HO. S scale was ALWAYS overlooked. And why? Maybe it is primarily because most folks do not know that there is a modest amount of "scale" models available in S... but I suspect that the main reason is that they know that most O scale offerings, using Atlas' line of models, comes in both O-27 and O ("scale") versions. Their O-27 diesels have the disgusting 'pivoting pilot' and the O "scale" diesels have the stationary pilots.that accurately represent the prototype... as in, there is no gaping hole in the pilot for the coupler to swing... like on American Models' locos. SHS does offer their locos with a very similar option, but most modelers from the other scales probably do not know this... and therefore they ignore S thinking that it is all toy-like. This is all speculation, yes... but I'd bet on it. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- >From: SMMW >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 02:47 PM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Modern offerings in S > > >However, I think that offering these goodies in hi-rail is a misdirection of >where S has to go if it is to survive. Offering hi-rail and scale dilutes the >market, IMO. The future of S lies with getting new (younger) blood involved >who will create a market for new products. The younger crowd will likely come >from other scales, probably HO but maybe N, where highly-detailed, >prototypically accurate products are the “norm”. Hi-rail related products >will NOT attract potential entrants. Seeing trains fly around sharp curves at >200 scale mph might entertain 4 year olds at a train show but those are not >the immediate future of the hobby … their parents are.
