Oh, ouch!
I did not know Minton Cronkhite, but flew airplanes with his kid. I started in O Scale in 1955. I do not model in Q gauge, which is Minton Cronkhite's invention to sort of match 1/4"scale to a track gauge, but I started in a similar vein, with 1 1/8" gauge, 1/4" Scale.
I also model in 17/64" Scale, O Gauge, extensively. I am willing to bet that I am, right now, this hobby's foremost practitioner of 17/64 scale.
O gauge is 1 1/4" track width. Period.
Q gauge is 1 3/16" track gauge. period.
1/4" scale (1:48) models are appropriate for Q gauge.
There is no such thing as Q Scale. If Q Scale were to be defined as 1:45, or 17/64, or some larger scale in that vicinity, it would be a serious mis-match for Q Gauge.
As for the rest of it, you guys have every right to re-define "Semi-Scale." Just recall that in 1940, Lionel defined it as absolute scale cars on tinplate trucks. Not my concern.
