Hi David; Yes, RPM is an informal group - no dues or membership required - under who's banner meets are help around the country by local volunteers.
See the list here: http://railroadprototypemodelers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=61 Generally the format combines clinics on various prototype and modeling topics, a display (no contest) where people show and talk about their models, usually a few dealers. Sometimes there are layout tours before or after the main event. Cost is normally moderate - just to cover the venue. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 10/18/11, David Engle <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Engle <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Was: If size mattered... Now- Change your > thinking, think outside the box! > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 9:57 AM > Doesn't this RPM group hold similar > meets in other cities, like Chicago area? DJE > > --- On Mon, 10/17/11, Bob McCarthy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: Bob McCarthy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: If size mattered... > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, October 17, 2011, 6:10 PM > > > > Good afternoon! > > While endorsing all the > comments below, may I suggest that a really good way to get > S in front of other modelers is to attend RPM gatherings. > > RPM stands for Railroad > Prototype Modelers. Mostly, they are serious HO > modelers. A group of us in GEORGIA and SOUTH CAROLINA > have shown models at the SAVANNAH meet in the Spring. > > Bob Hogan displayed his > long SP passenger train that covered two lunchroom > tables! We also had individual models on display > covering SAL, GEORGIA, CENTRAL OF GEORGIA, SOUTHERN, and > ACL. People asked if we were showing O. > No one had ever seen Scale S! > While we have S oriented groups, we > need to show people what we can do in S. > As a manufactrer of kits, we are focused > on producing new kits in S while reducing their costs. > During the 1930's all manfacturers were working to reduce > costs and increase entertainment value. > Ultimately to grow S we need to have a > variety of products at prices that allow interested folks in > their twenties in N, HO, and O to see S as a great scale > with products that meet their needs. > An example are our LIGHT WEIGHT PASSENGER > CAR kits. We have had several individuals > who were in N, HO, and O who have recently purched entire > consists from us because they could obtain models of a train > that thye wanted. One was moving from N to O to build > a CP train, another was in S briefly 10 years ago but left > due to lack of passenger cars representing a UP train > set. They are both now in S. > We have recently begun delivering our > B&O I-1 caboose > kits. Its base cost is $69.95. Add > caboose trucks and decal, it is $79.95. It is > available both as scale and Hi Rail. > Our next effort is to begin offering the > basic all wood 40' six foot door boxcar that we showed at > DULUTH for $39.95 less trucks and decals. We > will post images shortly of a sample built and lettered > boxcar. It will be offered in two forms; truss rod and > steel underframe initially.Thanks,Bob McCarthyTHE SUPPLY > CAR ------------------------------------ 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/
