Peter, Thanks for the encouraging numbers. Between the guys that Tom and Rusty know, and the ones that I know, who are not included in the assumed numbers because they are not members of NASG, NMRA or Yahoo, there must be thousands of us! Maybe Lionel and MTH are on to something.
Roger Nulton From: Peter Vanvliet Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} NASG Membership Make-up Group, The mathematician in me is making me itch to correct the numbers. I posted some metrics a few days ago, and they were "edited" along the way. If you are an NASG member you can sign up for access to the NASG web site's Membership Directory, wherein there is a page that lists the general statistics of the NASG membership. These numbers are automatically updated any time the NASG database is updated. With respect to "scale" modeling, we currently have 215 NASG members whom have indicated that they are interested in STANDARD-GAUGE scale modeling ONLY and nothing else. HOWEVER, there are 601 members who have expressed interest in scale modeling total. For example, I checked off "Scale" and "Sn3" in my membership application. I am therefore not counted among the 215 but rather among the 601 members. Yes, in the grand scheme of things these numbers are small, but 601 is three times the number that has been floating around in recent e-mails. There are currently 1,067 members in this Yahoo Groups mailing list, so I would feel comfortable estimating that there are at least 1,000 people who are strongly interested in modeling S in "scale". Then add to that the number of people who are neither NASG members nor members of this mailing list, but yet model in "scale" AND those people who happen to prefer rail heights that are somewhat taller and prefer claw couplers, but otherwise have what would appear to be a scale layout, and I suspect our numbers may be even larger (of course, that is anyone's guess). OK, and with that, I am going back to patching up some holes in my layout's scenery that I had recently made to install push-buttons for controlling my Tortoise switch machines... (actually, first I am off to a small local classic car show...) - Peter. -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected]) Houston, Texas My Model Railroad Site (RSS feed) Fourth Ray Software Houston S Gaugers N.A.S.G. --
