From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Bill,
There are still some of us out here that like to see those operating accessories. I fill both sides of the boat now. I am like Brooks. High rail with scale couplers. I also have a rare blue roof talking train station that works. Now I need to put my Altoona water tank together. We all need to keep negative comments under the cover and think positive about our scale. It would be kinda hard for SMMW to produce more than 100 at a time. Think about it.Whereb would the scale side be. Lionel is now offering Scale wheels. MTH is looking good for both sides, I can live with the price change. Alan Lambert ________________________________ From: Bill Lane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 10:04 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} catalogs A friend is currently at York and got me printed copies of both catalogs. Apparently MTH was giving them out with some hesitation. Try and convince a serious modeler to switch to S when both catalogs are filled with toy operating accessories. No matter with the trains are it is not going to make the “sell” easier. I am giving Lionel the win by a nose for promoting “scale S” by clearly dividing traditional American Flyer and their new scale line. But their just out modern hopper has ALL very imagineered paint schemes on them leaving the modern modeler to paint a very brand new car. They are both falling very short on what I see as accommodating the scale modeler. Scale wheels as a separate purchase or request which is really annoying. If you buy the MTH scale wheels and couplers it is another $20.00 making a new car purchase $80.00 list. That is about twice the SHS price. I will be MUCH choosier as to what I buy at that price. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progess at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm 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
