Maybe the first thing to do is contact the existing
suppliers (Tomalco, Custom Tracks, Heimberger) and
explain the issues with their current products and see
if they are willing to improve them before urging NASG
to sponsor a new product. Of course if none feel the
need to change, or feel it is too expensive, then
maybe another option is reasonable. I know some of
these people do want to make their products suitable
to a wide audience, I would hope they would listen to
input on improving.
Pieter Roos
--- Dan Vandermause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Just to add a little more information to the
> discussion:
>
> The experience of our local layout construction
> group illustrates the
> need to get behind the effort to produce a
> ready-to-run scale turnout
> in S-scale:
>
> Our three-person rotating layout construction group
> is comprised of
> myself, Sam Powell and Richard Lind (Sam has
> discussed our group in
> the Dispatch).
>
> When Sam Powell decided to start a new S-scale
> layout, he wanted to
> streamline the construction process and he
> investigated all available
> scale turnouts. His conclusion? All of the
> available options had
> enough flaws or required almost as much work to
> debug and install as
> building turnouts from scratch. So, his new layout
> has beautiful
> handlaid trackwork. But, Sam reports that every
> time someone sees
> his layout and gets excited about S-scale, the
> excitement fades when
> he mentions that you will probably have to
> scratchbuild your
> turnouts, or spend time debugging the turnouts that
> are available.
> No Sale!
>
> Richard Lind wants to build a portable display
> layout, to promote S-
> scale at shows. He decided to use S Helper track
> and turnouts,
> cutting back on the turnout leads to minimize the
> tinplate look of
> the #3 turnouts. Richard is an S-scaler. Don
> Thompson has told
> Richard that his new scale 2-8-0 will not operate on
> the SHS #3
> turnout. Sell the public on switching to S-scale?
> I don't think so!
>
> The discussion about making such a turnout easy to
> motorize is a
> great idea -- make it simple and make it familiar to
> HO modelers.
>
> Again -- can we get this done?
>
> Dan Vandermause
> Ellicott City, MD
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
Pieter E. Roos
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