Rusty Traque posted:laming posted:"
I'd ask the scale S list: "Say, is there an Alco S-2 in scale S?"
Answer: "Oh yeah, they made about 100 of those back about 20 years ago, I've got a couple!"
Andre
Got that right:
And the sad thing is, if you bring this up to the S Scale crowd, that's why they'll say "another one is not needed..." I get the "Overland made one 25 years ago" excuse every time I bring up a scale USRA Light or Heavy Mikado.
Equally upsetting is AM won't consider making a Mikado drive for their USRA Pacific boiler because Lionel flooded the market for Mikado's. Yeah, at least over a decade ago...
Rusty
Where AM's argument falls down is that if they did a Mikado, it would be with either scale or high rail wheels. Flyonel could not say that.
Any prototype offered as a brass model would be welcomed in Plastic or cast metal. A tiny run made ages ago is a mute point. Besides, they were usually unpainted in that era. A plastic/die cast metal run would be offered in many roadnames. Take it out of the box and put it on your layout.
I heard this argument too, and it is invalid.
