From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Cris, Thank you. You nailed it. We( scale) need to get the word out to Lionel that they need to get away from the toy look on their S guage line or we may not be buying from them. They don't know how many scale modelers we have in our scale. they go with the flow(highrail). For scale wheelsets on cars and loco's they need a number. Scale guys need to let Lionel know or it will not be done. I rest my case. I'm Highrail but I want to change over to scale in the future if that happens. Alan Lambert
________________________________ From: Christopher Borgmeyer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:42 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Getting it "correct" Bill (and others), With all due respect, I think you're missing the point here. Some of us are not picking nits but concerned with the basics of the model. Swinging pilots, for example, are a non-starter for me. Sure, I can correct the issue but on a $400 or $500 model why should I? Swinging pilots and exposed gearing are not an issue in Z, N or HO. S is supposed to have all these advantage over these other scales but we can even remove ourselves from design practices from the 1950's. It's a real issue when talking to modelers in other scales and trying to attract them to S. They immediately point out to me they have better designed/detailed models from MicroTrains/Kato/Athearn Genesis/Proto 2000/and on and on... So before we even get to the nits, we need to pick our manufactures about the raw basics of their models. It's 2012 after all not 1950. We can and do expect better. Chris Borgmeyer
