--- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
> For decades now, 'AF' meant Gilbert Flyer and 'scale' meant >conforming to
> NMRA/NASG specs and 'hi-rail' meant everything in >between frequently called
> S 'gauge'. Are these definitions now >being tossed out the window in favor
> of something else?
>
Hi Ed, I think the definitions are still the same, there's just some new
modelers that don't understand them or don't seem interested in learning them.
I see no reason to change the definitions when they are not broken. Lionel has
used their unique version of "scale" since around 1930 but what Lionel calls
their trains is irrelevant to most modelers. I've had to deal with Lionel in O
scale for many years so I'm more interested in what they make than what they
call it. If it looks promising I'll buy it then make it scale in the broader
modeling sense no matter if Lionel called it scale or traditional or standard
or whatever. MTH is about the same animal, they make premier stuff thats often
good, Railking stuff that usually short but sometimes is actually scale
dimensions. O three rail is just about the same function wise as S highrail, if
it's proper size it just needs new wheels and couplers and maybe a few details
to be scale enough :>) ........DaveBranum
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