For those griping about the MTH offerings, please try reading the catalog first.
In regard to computability, page 3 states that the locomotive controller is compatible with AC, DC, as well as DCC, without modifications. Geeze... Keith Thompson On Apr 19, 2013, at 5:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 5aRe: MTH "S" catalog new releases > Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:"Bill Nielsen" railtwisterI > certainly will not be buying any new S scale rolling stock from MTH, > especially not at those new prices. Sixty bucks for a freight car is bad > enough, especially considering there is nothing produced from any new > tooling, but they are really sticking it to the scale community by forcing us > to pay an additional amount for the scale wheels and truck spacer that S > Helper included in the box. The actual price for a scale car with the scale > wheels and truck spacer comes to almost $75 per car. > > I think that MTH really doesn't want to be bothered with the scale market > because scalers are just too demanding, wanting models to conform with actual > prototype designs and details, and be decorated to match prototypical paint > schemes. > > Their DCS control system is said to be compatible with DCC, but what about > those scale modelers running on straight DC, or those Flyer enthusiasts > running on straight AC? I suspect that the DCS boards may have a problem with > at least one of those types of controls, if not both and likely will require > wiring modifications to disable expensive electronics that the buyer has been > forced to pay for, even if they don't need it. > > Bill in FtL > > Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (16) . > Top ^ > Visit Your Group> > View All Topics> > Create New Topic> > 1 New Members> > 20 New Photos> > We are making changes based on your feedback, Thank you !Submit Feedback> > The Yahoo! Groups Product BlogCheck it out!> >
