Re: {S-Scale List} Re: MTH NS Heritage Locomotives (follow-up)

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>   The fact that they are promoting these vanity schemes makes me
think
> they don't understand the scale model railroad market as
well as they do
> the toy train /collector market.
>  
Scale modelers want to model the typical, not the unique. If NS has a
> 100 diesels in plain black for every 1 loco in heritage scheme
the
> modern NS scale modeler is not gonna run out and buy a
heritage loco.
> 
Well, these are prototype schemes. The
fact that Lionel is doing scale-wheeled covered hoppers in combination
with a variety of bizarro fantasy paint jobs indicates that they are the
ones who really don't get the scale market. I've ordered one of the gray
cars.
Stan Stokrocki