@FlyerRich posted:As someone who has been into S since I could walk (I'm 68), it is sometimes difficult to understand the depths of despair that many exhibit regarding the availability of product. I spend a sizeable amount each year on both old and new. My collection runs the gamut from the beginning of Gilbert S to the present and includes Flyonel, American Models, S Helper and MTH. I have more stuff than I could ever use in a lifetime. Yes there are times when I'll wish someone made this or that in S but the fact is that if they did and I bought it something else would sit on a shelf or in a box not being used. I'm grateful for what I have and enjoy it for what it is. Please don't misunderstand, you are all entitled to your own wants and desires. I guess mine are simpler.
...and there-in illustrates my point. For you, what's available is fine. But you're 68. That's not a criticism. Your worldview is simply different. You're not simple. But what you grew up with - what you expect a model train to be - is based on a 1950s experience. Mine is based on the 1980s. You were 28 when I was born. If there is to be more S, new S, you are, and should not be, the audience. And that's 100% ok.
