Rusty Traque posted:Roundhouse Bill posted:I have not changed my perspective. We have 34 guys in our club. Some have bought AM stuff including me. Only 1 has S Helper (because he is a scale guy at home) and none bought an F3 but me. All have Gilbert and Flionel.
Maybe in your little corner of the world, but I'm sure Don Thompson would dispute your perspective. In talking with him at an S Fest long ago about possible new products, Don once specifically said the prototypes he chose were because they were size compatible with Flyer. Being taller, only the piggy back and bulkhead flatcars broke away from that plan.
Don knew where the bread and butter was.
Rusty
To add to what Rusty said - Why do you think S Helper chose to outfit their products with Hi Rail wheels and Flyer compatible couplers? Ready to run out of the box for Hi Railers, but Scalers had to switch out the wheelsets and purchase their own couplers. The only exception was the 2-8-0 which could be ordered as Hi Rail or Scale.
Mike A.
