I agree. I am patiently waiting for the Sergent couplers and the B-7's arrival.
In the meanwhile I am building rolling stock and thinking about a layout if we ever get out of this cracker box into a decent sized house. Hopefully by the time the couplers are ready I will actually have a need for them. Till then all I can do is push them back and forth on my 5 ft test track. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 6/12/2012 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Not in all cases, Dave... as my SAL B-7 Box Car project stand to > prove. After many YEARS of trtying to get S scalers on board, Jim > finally had to threaten to cancel the project to get everyone to step > up... at which point the reservations DOUBLED, and the B-7 now stands > to be his second best seller. > > And besides... good, and better things are worth waiting (and working) > for... and it isn't bothering me one bit (except to increase my desire > for it). > > But what amazes me the most is that people who are not even concerned > about or interested in the Sergent couplers are the ones raising all > the stink about it... go figure. I appreciate the concern, but not if > it is born out of being sick of hearing about it../. 'cause all you > gotta do is just ignore the postings about it. > > John Degnan > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From: *"ctxmf74" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:14:07 PM > *Subject: *{S-Scale List} Re: Update From Sergent 2.0 > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote: > > Sergent has long passed the accepted "NASG Standard" an S Scaler > should have > > to wait to get ___ announced project in hand. No matter who you > slice it, > > this stuff always comes down to MONEY. > > Apparently Sergent is good at design but bad at execution. I > proposed years ago that he license the design to Kadee or some other > competent builder and just get them done. Who knows, maybe the guys > who could get it done were not interested but the longer it takes to > get the couplers on the market the less interest customers will have > in them.Many model railroads and model railroaders have come and gone > since the initial Sergent design was created....DaveBranum > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
