I guess that my point is more that until the overall attitude toward modern (mid 60's to present) modeling in S Scale changes, things will never get better. There can no longer be a it's good enough attitude. There are so many things that could change the entire view of the scale. However, with manufacturing being so short sighted, things aren't being produced. A few things could and would turn this scale to one that is respected and not viewed as just toy train modeling. Jimmy Simmons is making things in S Scale, because he see a bright future for the scale and people are buying his products. Newer locomotives and freight cars are needed and will sell, but they wont unless they are produced. Producing things that are limited to a very small modeling market are not what is needed. A modern release needs to span decades and be able to appeal to a host of modelers. i.e the PS4750 cuft 3 bay covered hopper. first built in the late 60's and still on nearly every railroad today. These are everywhere. Something like that, or even a more modern 50' high cube box.
bill your gon is a good model, but not an overwhelmingly popular one in real life. Pullman Standard Gondolas are far more prevalent than the Evans ones. I see these every day. We get at least 20 PS's to 1 Evans. Maybe a new PS gon would help to. Things to think about. Thanks Michael Ostertag Green Bay, WI --- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@...> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Binkley > . . . . . . . I have several hicube O scale cars in a box somewhere.. . . . > . . . . > > > > > > > > > > > That reminds me, I think it was Stan Stokroki (sp?) who took some Lionel > O-gauge (but not O-scale) boxcars and made nice excess-height S scale > boxcars out of them. > > I think Lionel's "Burlington (sic) Hi-Cube Box Car 6-9628" would be one of > the, It's actually marked Burlington Northern. > > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan > ------------------------------------ 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://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
