Now you S Scalers should realize just what racism is. It comes in different sizes as well as colors.
This should get us off couplers as a topic. John Armstrong > I can't help but think that perhaps "S" is still very much associated > with Hi-rail/tinplate/toy-train type of layouts. At least in the > general public's mind (even the model railroading general public). It > goes back to an e-mail I wrote a few weeks ago about what my > experience was like switching to S a few months ago. My perception, > from doing a bunch of Google searches, was that a large amount of web > pages featuring S-scale model railroads, be they private or club, are > hi-rail/tinplate/etc. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, > but that does continue to perpetuate the "fact" that S is still > associated with "toy trains". > > When Ed changed the wording, he removed that perceived bias from the > potential visitor's mind, and the people reading the description > became more open-minded. > > Again, I am just talking about a general perception from a viewpoint > outside of the scale. For example, when I first mentioned to my wife > that I was going to switch from N-scale to S-scale, she immediately > responded, "You mean the toy trains that my brothers had when we were > growing up?". I had to explain to her the difference between toy and > scale trains. And, my wife is quite knowledgeable about model > railroading, because she models in HO and, now, G. > > Ultimately, I think we need to get more S "scale" layouts out there, > in the magazines, in the contest rooms, in the open houses/tours, and > on the Web. Show people that there is more to S then just toy trains. > > I am working hard at doing my part... I am almost finished with > building the benchwork for my new, small, SCALE, switching layout. :-) > > Just my $0.02... > - Peter. > > At 02:19 pm 10/03/2008, you wrote: >> So I inquired as to why >>visitors did not drive another couple of blocks to see the NYC. The >>answer was: "Your layout is S scale and they have no interest in S >>scale." So I changed the description to emphasize NYC, CMRI, JMRI, >>transition era, beautiful scenery, etc. and deleted all mention of S >>scale. No scale at all was included in the description. Attendance >>immediately increased and is now more or less the same as the other >>neighboring HO layouts. >>------------------------------------------------------------ > > Peter Vanvliet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.fourthray.com/ > http://www.fourthray.com/Peter/ > Houston, Texas > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
