Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI have to put some of the blame on our
name--National Association of S Gaugers.? I
mentioned before that a visitor at a trainshow attended by
modelers (not just 'people who like trains') asked me what a
Gauger was!? Apparently even our name confuses some!? I didn't
know how to respond to that question.? The other realization now
is that much in the Lionel world is decent stuff that most can't
use in the Scale world.?
So two shots in the foot is a terrible
painful waste which makes it hard to carry on into the future!?
For most of my photography career I've
been a member of the ASMP, which at one time was named American
Society of Magazine Photographers.? That
worked well until the big magazines (Look/Life/Colliers/even
Playboy, etc) either closed or shrunk in subscribers.? Because so
much of our work was now destined for the web, it was changed to
American Society of Median Photographers.
20 years ago.? That went very smoothly.? I've been searching the
NASG for that change but so far, no luck.
So maybe it's time to make a painful
name change and get authorization for somebody to re-release
Lionel contemporary items with scale wheels etc.? For years
AM/SHS/SSA have offered their products in two versions, maybe it's
time to invest in 200-1000 engines with scale wheels and Kadee
type couplers without having to jump through hoops, hacks and
whatever else in getting things running without much effort--at
least to start with! All can run on new NASS #100 track and
turnouts.
Bob Werre
Phototraxx
On 6/20/24 11:29 AM, Shane Lambert
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Bob Werre