--- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote:
>
> No, the point is, that when American Flyer was readily available, it SOLD!,
> big time. Quality and marketing is what brought it down. In 1969, the late
> Linn Wescott said that TT and S were the perfect sizes for model railroad
> scales, but for various reasons had remained in the background.
>
Hi Bob, Thanks for clarifying. I am not familiar with Flyer so wasn't sure.
Too bad the hobby didn't listen to Wescott in 1969 ,if so we'd all be happily
swimming in S models today :>)
1969 seems a long ways away, in those days I was not modeling, was spending
my time racing a 57 chevy on Nascar dirt tracks.and not thinking about the
future of S scale.....dave
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