You’re absolutely right, Deschane.
One has to do the research and see what he or she really feels comfortalble with. The modelers on the forum should provide the basic info, if asked but to try and stay neutral. {It can be difficult.)[;)]
Pushing one scale over another on this forum winds up producing friction, which we don’t need. I have to admit, that I was starting to get sarcastic above due to a poster pushing one scale over the other.
We all like TRAINS! That is something we should agree on here.[:)][:D][8D][;)][8)]
The reality for me is I like all the scales and various gauges of each! However the reason I say we should not state things like “(Insert scale choice here) scale is the only choice”, is, if the person makes a choice based your opinion, he hasn’t gone through the process needed! He may end up being dissatisfied with the choice and some blame will go back to the person making the recommendation.
Besides, this really is a very simple personal decision to make! It can be based on available area to build a layout, available money to spend, available equipment needs and available time to devote. Most all of us have made this very decision on our own!
Error, Error, You can have a great O scale layout in the space available as well as a great Z, N, HO, S, G etc. But you have to make the choice, because only you know the answers to the questions you need to ask yourself about what scale to model!