Hi Ed, I am not saying that Smith & Sons is not a good ballast, as my comments where not directed at that company. I do not know their product, never heard of them until today.
My comment was mainly gear to the comments I hear all the time, “I use this because of the cost” and that is not directed at Roger in anyway. I just hear that all the time. People may have reasons on why they choose a lower cost product, but when I see or hear of one spending 1000s on track, engines, buildings, rolling stock, I do not understand that route. I was able to get a sample of ballast from Classic Trains and that was good enough. If I was doing ballast today and never heard of Classic either, I would get samples of ballast from as many suppliers as I can. If one does not want to send you a sample, which is not much, that is not good. get samples, make a decision. Again, I quote Roger Carp of Classic Toy Trains, he likes my layout because the ballast is just right for S, as it is advertised as S ballast. And Roger does know a bit of what he is talking about or he would not be a editor of that magazine. And he is a S person. Who ever was looking for ballast, good luck. Mike From: Edward Sauers Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rock Ballast Article (was I'm "s"old!) Mike / Chuck, Smith & Sons does provide ballast for S-Scale, they provide ballast for all scales. Just because a company markets products for a particular scale doesn't mean that is necessary the right choice, I have always heard that one should use the next scale smaller when it comes to ballast therefore HO scale ballast would be correct for S-Scale. The best way to deterime what is correct is to obtain samples and actually install it on your layout and evaluate the results, usually ballast is slightly darker after it has been glued in place. Ed Sauers --- On Thu, 7/21/11, "Barb & Chuck Moen" <mailto:bcmoen%40yahoo.com> wrote: From: "Barb & Chuck Moen" <mailto:bcmoen%40yahoo.com> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rock Ballast Article (was I'm "s"old!) To: "mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com"; <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 6:20 PM I echo the recomendation of Mike on the use of classic train ballast. Its nice to find something scenery related made for s scale. chuck [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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: [email protected] [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/
