Hi, Peter, Thanks for inviting me over this morning to see your exceptional point-to-point layout. You should be very proud of your modeling skills. It was a rare treat to view the necessary components of the S-Cab system. I can see the value with a few of my temperamental brass locomotives through turnouts that a 1500 microfared capacitor won't help. An advantage to using the S-Cab is that one can supplement it to an existing DCC system. Thanks again.
Keith Erhart ----- "Peter Vanvliet" <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand the potential resale value of items, especially brass, > but my personal opinion is that these are things I enjoy *now*. When I > die, the whole layout and all that's on it can be taken to the dump, > for all I care. You can't take any of it with you anyway. :-) > > I had a fellow S-scaler out-of-town visitor today and he enjoyed the > demo of the S-CAB system. He is potentially considering S-CAB for some > brass engines that are giving him trouble. > > At this point I am planning on bringing my S-CAB items to the NASG > convention in August, if any of you are interested in a demo at that > time. > > - Peter. > > > > On 03/26/2013 4:34 pm, scale S only wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bill -- > > Interesting point, but if one doesn’t gut the basic workings of the > model, it should be relatively easy to restore to another form of > control. I can see where the SHS locos with complex electronics might > be a bit of an issue (or the new Lionel), but it shouldn’t have a huge > impact on a plastic model’s value. So far, we have not seen high > priced brass models with electronics complex enough or critical enough > that removing what is there should have a big impact. In Peter’s FA-2 > case, how much is he going to loose on the used basic model? Not > enough to care about, I don’t think. Better that he should have the > performance he is after... > > Some of you might already know that I really don’t care about the > ultimate value of my rolling stock. Very few of my pieces hit the > rails in their original form, brass included, so the “collector value” > is largely destroyed, not to mention that I RUN these things, and > there is evidence of this on wheels and in their superior performance > to most out of the box models. It is a form of entertainment, and by > the time I am done with it, there will probably be so much of the > stuff on the used market it will have no significant value anyway. > Only my heirs will care, and they not much. > > I am seriously considering following Peter’s lead and converting my > switch engines to S-CAB... > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > > > -- > > Peter Vanvliet ( [email protected] ) > Houston, Texas > > My Model Railroad Site ( RSS feed ) > Fourth Ray Software > Houston S Gaugers > N.A.S.G. > -- > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
