Hi David -- This is an almost impossible to answer question. First off, how many people do NOT belong to any organization, yahoo group or similar, and yet still model in S in any version? We can extrapolate, but at best that is a guess. This particular yahoo group is supposed to be generally scale S modelers, so what you get here would not be an accurate overall answer. You are also not likely to get the narrow gauge input either, though I think we can safely say they are all generally scale – but how many of them (us) are there compared to the total population of S modelers? It is possible that when narrow gauge modelers are included, that they are a significant percentage of the total, but unaccounted for in the usual S scale numbers.
Have fun! Bill Winans ---------------------------------- This maybe retread, but what percentage of us use body-mounted couplers, scale flanges and maybe some modicum of detail, without consideration of whether they are NMRA members as such. Dave Engle
