Jeff C. said something that, unfortunately, is a minor player in the S scene:
quote:... every time I go into S I do it thinking that the scale will finally move toward reaching that critical mass we are all hoping for. It hasn't happened, and I'm getting old.
In a nutshell that is what happened to me. I really did get into S scale at the wrong time. (My timing sucks sometimes.) I just didn't have the years it apparently takes to watch the years slip by waiting for needed product. So, like a traitor, I jumped ship and started amassing the HO items I need in order to have things on hand I will use to get a layout up and functional as my retirement years near (about 3 1/2 years from now).
I really, really feel for my friends in S scale.
Andre, you just said exactly what I have felt for about the last 2 years - and I'm only 40! One of the reasons that I gave S a try is that if I did not work for me, there would always be HO and even 3 rail O to fall back to. I'm still here in the S camp, even though my interests have shifted lately to postwar Flyer.
I too would love to see S grow but it sure seems that I am fighting up-stream most of the time. I still am really disappointed about this one:
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...y-1st-s-scale-layout
Had I stayed with this layout and track system, I would still be sitting here with no turnouts. My God man, almost 2 1/2 years later and I WOULD STILL HAVE NO TURNOUTS! I guess the good news is that I can still use American Models track if I want to.
