Just got home after Fathers Day festivities.
Interesting discussion on Mini Metals, reflecting what appears to many S folks not having paid much attention to what's available in HO. Just go to the hobby shop and look at any Mini Metals vehicle and any Johnny Lightning or (insert favorite "1/64" vehicle) side by side,and you will see a night and day difference in fidelity, as Jim Martin observed--which difference prompted my original expressed wish. Fred Tolhurst Maryville, TN -----Original Message----- From: Edward Sauers <[email protected]> To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 10:52 am Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Mini Metals vehicles Jim, Can you supply a link? I am in need of 40s cars/trucks/buses etc!!! Thanks Ed Sauers From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:31 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Mini Metals vehicles Take a closer look Bill. The Mini Metals are expressly built for the model RR market , are better detailed...more uniform in scale...don't have the awful opening doors and hoods so common to the toy-driven 1:64 market. Mini Metals also have a much wider variety of typical 40s and 50s era cars. Most 1:64 cars are the lesser seen convertibles, hardtops and customs. The M2s aren't bad, but the selection is limited and one has to choose carefully. Only about one in a hundred 1:64 vehicles is suitable for model railroads...the rest are too untypical or too toy like. I also really wish we had an S scale equivalent of Clare Gilbert's line of Sylvan HO vehicles. Re your quest for a S scale Dashund (did I spell that right?), have you checked out modifying an O scale ferret? Jim Martin From: Bill Lane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 7:23:11 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Mini Metals vehicles Fred, I had never heard of Mini Metals so I went surfing around. I don’t see Mini Metals having a big advantage over the M2 Authentics in 1950s era cars. I have Hot Wheels cases full of them – probably more than I will ever need. What I do see is a nice selection of trucks of all kinds and the round front trailers. Maybe a 1940s-50s bus as well. Those items WOULD be nice to have…. But for cars – no – I am good. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
