I don't know why all of a sudden people are getting on me like bees on honey.
You read your facts wrong. I'm NOT leaving my railroads,just looking things over the best I know how&trying to make a logical decision as to what scale will serve me best with the products available to me.
I got into O scale which seemed a promising hobby. I was backed by many,as I still am,for wanting new products not yet available. There were many times it seemed the only practical thing for me to do was leave O scale,but as I've said several times today,each time I was headed back to HO scale,someone stepped out with promising rays of hope for the things I lacked in O scale. It seems those rays of hope always get another door closed on them.
I hoped to simply magnify in a larger scale,all the things I considered important to me from HO.
Every modeler has things he needs to stay in whatever scale he chooses.I've talked to manufactuers as well as private individuals about the things I thought would be available already in O scale&improved because of their size,that I enjoy for my era of interest. I get 2 answers,that tie together:1). There's not enough interest among modelers&2).It's too expensive to make,for the sales that would be available,which are essentially the same answer with the words turned around.
Years back I was called a "rivot counter," by manufactuers,because I simply wanted the correct lettering schemes placed in the correct areas on the rolling stock I was buying. I wasn't getting my money's worth. I learned a lot from my 30 years in HO that can be applied to making things work in O scale today. But there are things I couldn't make then&can't make now,even as a so called "rivot counter."
I had time&an income back then,neither of which I have today. The trains have to pay for themselves. Sadly,O scale seemingly is at a stand still&with smaller homes&appartments,I'm sorry to say,I'm afraid it's seen it's finest hour according to manufactuer's viewpoints&many modelers. HO&N had no where to go but up or die when I started modeling,which in many areas they've gone as far as they can too&in other areas there's still room for growth.
Alan
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