Dave Branum wrote "It still depends on what kind of modeling you want to do. If
most of the stuff is available to create the railroad you want then S can be a
great scale to work with. . . .
If you already have an era and style of layout in mind the list members here
probably already know the supply situation so run it by them. I'd say 1950-1970
would be a piece of cake for almost any scenario and getting more difficult the
more one moves forward or backward from there, I don't know if the others will
agree with me though :>)"
Dave is right on track, I think.
There seem to be two discussions going on here in parallel. One is a discussion
about what is or is not available in S scale (and, by inference, in other
scales). The other is a discussion about what people personally want to model,
coupled with a suggestion of that others perhaps should want to model it also.
The first is factual. The store sells vanilla ice cream and chocolate ice
cream, but no strawberry. The second is persuasive: Chocolate is better than
vanilla and anyone who has been eating ice cream professionally for 30 years
knows it. The first discussion generates light. The second is a very fun
discussion, but, despite the best intentions, often generates more heat than
light.
Those planning to attend the NMRA Regional in Pittsburgh in April 2012 should
catch my clinic on Modeling Mount Union. In addition to a lot of history and
railfanning, I'll be talking about this theme of how available equipment,
space, time and skill point to particular modeling choices. I'll also have a
display of my S Pennsy and Sn3 EBT equipment (just to give you a hint on the
conclusion I reach !)
Again, for a very thoughtful discussion of this whole topic, I highly recommend
Tony Koester's books The Model Railroader's Guide to Mountain Railroading (esp.
chapters 3 and 5) and his Model Railroading from Prototype to Layout (esp.
chapter 2.)
Lee Rainey
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