Era

Tue Jul 23 09:03:45 EDT 2024

My vote is for the transition era.  I model passenger equipment as well 
as coal and other freight.  Forgot to sign the last one, sorry.

Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC

On 7/23/2024 8:10 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> Stephen,
> Nor discounting your information on modelers in general, Rick Musser's 
> poll from last year as well as my personal feedback this year, 
> indicates that N&WHS modelers still mostly favor transition era and 
> some even earlier.  Not to say that this will not be changing over the 
> coming years, but for now, the sweet spot for our group seems to be 
> late steam/early diesel.
> I would be very happy to hear more feedback on this as we only ever 
> get responses from a very small percentage of the membership, so LET 
> YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
> Jim Cochran
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 8:03 AM NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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>     If the society is going to sell a model that will get the most
>     sales, then they should look to the Model Railroader survey
>     recently taken that most modeling is in the 70’s era. The
>     transition era is not longer the most modeled era. I myself have
>     dumped the steam era as there is very little plastic steam
>     available and expensive worn out brass models and replacement
>     parts are non existant. I now model late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
>     There is so much-much more offered/available. I would NOT buy any
>     boxcars, but would buy multible hoppers if they fit my era. If the
>     modeling committee wants to do a project then correct the
>     lettering diagham on the BLI H2a hoppers which I am told is incorrect.
>
>     Just my 2 cents.
>
>     Stephen Rineair
>
>     Member 072
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>     *Subject: *Re: Era
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>     There may be more models out there than we realize for that time
>     frame. Just recently I saw advertisements for N&W/NS G72 pipe
>     gondolas from Bridge Line Design, N&W G-12 and CS-4 gondolas from
>     Plate C Model Prototypes, and N&W F20 flat cars with and without
>     Mack cabs as a load from Scale 3d Productions. While not N&W
>     there'a also a new model for the Southern radio control cars from
>     that timeframe.
>
>     I suspect as times goes on the 60s, 70s, and 80s will be a popular
>     time to model. Personally I shoot for the 40s and 50s but also
>     like stuff from the late 90s.
>
>     Brian Dembinski
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>     Amherst, OH
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>     On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 08:38:08 PM EDT, NW Modeling List
>     <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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>     I don't know who called Ed a show off.  But (don't panic guys; I'm
>     still doing Virginian in 1956)he has supported what I and some
>     others have been saying; for the Society to stay afloat and even
>     get larger, and to keep up with our mission, we need to do more
>     for the modelers doing N&W post 1964 and NS.  Love A's and Y's and
>     J's but we need to be more mindful of our future.
>
>     Frank Bongiovanni
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>     On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM NW Modeling List via
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>     > Show off. . .
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