Thank you to all the good answers, including this one. I had never heard of Model Railroad news until I saw Bill W's response. Here is the editorial in which the editor explains how and why they support all scales (including S,) and mention that they are the only all-scales magazine still out there:
http://www.modelrailroadnews.com/pages/edFeb08.html Vivamus > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scale S Only > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S-Scale Magazine support and S popularity > > Hi Bill and All -- > > Interesting thinking. I would suspect that if anyone were > to know about > the number of serious scale S modelers, it would be Dan and > Jim of River > Raisin. I would expect that almost every one of the serious > standard gauge > folk have at least one RRM model. Ron Sebastian of Des > Plaines Hobbies > probably also has a pretty good feel for the number of > serious standard > guage modelers, as he is a major and varied source of scale S > products. > Of course, Bill Peter and P-B-L have an almost exclusive lock > on Sn3, so > they should have a really good feel for the numbers there... > > From a personal viewpoint, backed by 23 years in the hobby > business and as a > former purveyer of scale S, I would say that scale S is growing, but > relatively slowly. If you go back through issues of the > commercial model > rail press, you will find more and more ads and products > being offered in S > as you get closer to the present. > > FYI, I think the best magazine for covering S of all kinds at > the present > time is "Model Railroad News", and I believe Roy Hoffman has > a regular page > or more of info in each issue. MRN is also looking for more > S contributors > (as mentioned in the Feb 2008 issue). > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > Prescott Valley, AZ > > > > 1. Which magazines are more friendly to S-scale news? The S-Gaugian > > appears, > > from first look-through, to be primarily an AF publication. > Or is that > > just > > a reflection of AF popularity, and they do have substantial scale > > information as well? > > > > I guess I would have to ask what your intent is here. Are > you looking to > > submit an article of some kind? The NASG Dispatch is always > looking for > > submissions. > > > 3. Does anyone know how popular S scale modeling is, and if > its numbers > > are > > growing or shrinking? > > > > I have heard that there are 10 Sn3 modelers to every 1 > standard S modeler. > > Billy Wade would probably be able to comment on that point. > My S Scale > > collection is growing and my hairline is shrinking. I hope > I answered your > > questions to your satisfaction! > > > > Numbers like this are hard to come by. There are any number > of modelers in > > any scale that are lone wolves that do not associate with > anyone for some > > reason. I have known some people like that. But otherwise, > you will never > > know about them. Again, the major manufacturers and > retailers might have a > > feel for it, but you can't arrive at even reasonable hard > numbers IMHO. > > > > Thank You, > > Bill Lane > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > 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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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/
