From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Roy,
Even though I am Mostly high rail, I got on this list To help when Lionel started coming out with scale wheel sets. Most of you did not know about the avenue's I took to get the info I got. I still think we are "ONE" scale "1/64th" and need to get along with each other. Now that we know what MTH is doing We all need to think together as one to get more. Alan Lambert ________________________________ From: Roy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 6:43 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: The "BIG" discussion With all due respect, scales like On3 and G have not passed 1/64 trains. Once again we treat our scale as apples (AF) and oranges (fine scale) while ignoring the vast middle ground of highrail. Looking at the extremes does not help our cause a bit. At York, granted that it is mostly tinplate collecting represented, S was a strong second place to O and there was very little HO and N present. There were literally hundreds of AF and highrail folks there. These were the people that the smart marketing folks from MTH and Lionel were there to please, not a handful of fine scalers. And dealers like Doug Peck are always present for good reason. As some have mentioned here, they are gradually moving towards a more scalelike approach to their layouts. If they stop somewhere short of the fine scale standards espoused on this list, is that such a big crime? Those non-AF publications would make out a lot better if they also included quality highrail layouts. I remain optimistic about our future because S is truly the best all-around scale and more and more people are going to become aware of it because of MTH and Lionel and ultimately we will ALL benefit from that. For goodness sake, lets be all on the same page for once. Roy Hoffman royhoffman.com/pwrr
