I Was Just Wondering....

[UP SD40-2]

Richard , FIRST, i want to THANK YOU for mentioning me in your list, really, THANK YOU!, i feel VERY HONORED . I gotta go with TrainNut's answer on this one though:

Originally Posted by TrainNut

...I never thought of my work as being worthy enough to appear in any magazine and second, even if it was, I don't feel like jumping through all the hoops to make that happen...

ALSO, i am not really one to "take over the world" , the only folks i really care to show, and if they are interested, discuss my work with are YOU FOLKS, RIGHT HERE ON THE GAUGE .

THANKS AGAIN ,
-Deano

[doctorwayne]

I believe that Harold Minkwitz has had articles published in at least seven issues of RMC (and deservedly so) and a couple of other publications, too.
I have to say that it is nice seeing your work in a magazine, although, like here, "fame" is fleeting. I had a short article in the February 1980 issue of MR, on painting TH&B geeps. I submitted the work at the urging of the LHS that I frequented at the time: I was doing TH&B diesel paint jobs for them and, quite frankly, was getting bored with the work. It was my secret hope that all of the TH&B modellers that hadn't yet purchased one would get off their duffs and paint their own. All it did, though, was create additional interest in more custom painted units. I eventually stopped doing those paint jobs, and LifeLike Canada finally came out with the Proto2000 geeps and switchers in TH&B paint. In my opinion, their version of the paint job was excellent.

Wayne

[Russ Bellinis]

One thing that is nice if you get an article published in one of the model railroading mags is that they pay for articles that are published. A friend and fellow member of the modular club that I belong to kit bashed a dummy Sd40 right after Kato came out with their model of one. I think Kato's powered version retailed for around $90.00-$100.00, and my friend figured he had $9.00 invested in his kitbash. He told Harold Carstens about his model and Harold asked to see it, so Jim boxed it up and mailed it to him with an article about how he built it. Carstens sent the model back to Jim a couple of weeks later, and the next thing Jim knew there was an article in RMC by him on how to build an Sd40 for under $10.00! A few months later, the locomotive was on the cover of the magazine! Jim ended up making between $300.00 & $400.00 off of that $10.00 model!

Galen aka "ocalicreek" here on the Gauge had a picture published in the Walther's catalog a couple of years ago.

[scubadude]

I KNEW there were a few of you guys out there... Hats off to Hminky, Ocalicreek, Dr. Wayne (I knew it ), Ralph (send us your cartoons, dude!)and Shamus .......I KNOW there are more in the closet or should I say behind the workbench.....come on, keep 'em comin'...
ps- Yellowlynn, I LOVE rivet counters - we BOTH can give each other something to laugh at!!!

[lester perry]

Originally Posted by yellowlynn

I do a lot of lurking, and spouting off on ocassion, but I would put this group up against the best of them at any time. And noobies needn't feel ashamed or embarrassed, for their work also appears to be outstanding, with all things considered.

(I think I put a nickles worth of thought in on this)

Lynn

The newbees are welcomed and helped with layout and photography. I mean in a friendly helpfull way.I have never read a condemning comment toward another modeler here.
Les

[logicman]

I have never read a condemning comment toward another modeler here.
Les

Just give me a little more time ...

[slekjr]

Dear Les
I think I read one once, haven't seen a post from that guy for over a year. I'll bet he got the GERN Flux treatment for courtesy.
Charlie

[Mountain Man]

Authors sometimes make errors. I often see an acknowledgment in history books that the subject is large and complex, and mistakes may have been made, followed by a request from the author for corrections. If they have an e-mail address, I send them whatever information I have. I have no problem with that. Historical research is finicky and dependent in many cases on incomplete records that were all that was available to the author at the time.

Additionally, readers have to take the time factor into account. I always look at the date of publication in order to establish what information might have been available to the author at the time and what might have been learned since then. Bright people, however, make dumb mistakes all the time. When Ballard first pontificated for the press on the sinking of the TITANIC, he stated as fact that the vessel had hit the bottom at a speed in "the three digit range", i.e., 100 mph or better. A 30 second phone call after 5 seconds of serious thought would have netted him the fact that there is a maximum velocity in water of just over 30 mph for a streamlined object under ideal circumstances. I forwarded that information to Ballard, and to the network TV station that carried the interview. Ballard was gracious enough to respond to my letter and thank me.

Errors happen, and the likelihood and magnitude of the error is directly proportional to the credentials of the author. By the time they get a doctorate, it's guaranteed to be a doozy.

As for Wikipedia, it has been banned from just about every school in the nation as an allowable reference for any submission, whether term paper, thesis or whatever. I never understood how any source could claim credibility when anyone and everyone could edit it pretty much at will.

In the meantime, I love history books, and I often do my own impromptu research using a history book I have just read as a starting point.

[MadHatter]

Ralph: Send your cartoons to the E- Mag!!!!

WE'D LOVE TO SEE THEM!!!!

[TinGoat]

When you can get the milk for free???

Lot's of inspiration and information on-line for free... So why bother paying for magazines?

Sure, you have to take some information with a grain of salt, but with some research, you can cross reference and double check most things.

Also, put your tax dollars to work and use the public library! You can dig through back issues of MR and RMC as well as plenty of other books and references.

If your local library doesn't have a certian book, ask about Interloan Services.

[Mountain Man]

Originally Posted by TinGoat

When you can get the milk for free???

Lot's of inspiration and information on-line for free... So why bother paying for magazines?

Sure, you have to take some information with a grain of salt, but with some research, you can cross reference and double check most things.

Also, put your tax dollars to work and use the public library! You can dig through back issues of MR and RMC as well as plenty of other books and references.

If your local library doesn't have a certian book, ask about Interloan Services.

Due to budget restrictions, there are no libraries in my area that even carry model railroad magazines, and Denver is the largest library system in the state. The library in Colorado Springs carries exactly one. The supply of model railroading books and references is equally dismal, and they are all old books, mostly ten years or more.

That leaves the internet, wading through mountains of advertising and deliberate misdirection by Google and Ask, in the hopes of finding a single nugget of interest. The Yahoo modelling group refuses to even respond, even to attempts to join.

Free inspiration? I would love some - where is it?

[lester perry]

the free info is right here,all you have to do is post your question.
if you want to know how something runs, ask. You will get a real answer instead of the bull you get from magazine.
Les

[RonP]

Originally Posted by slekjr

Dear Les
I think I read one once, haven't seen a post from that guy for over a year. I'll bet he got the GERN Flux treatment for courtesy.
Charlie

He is preserved in a bridge pier on my old layout.

[logicman]

He is preserved in a bridge pier on my old layout.

Most clubs in England would black-ball you for that.

Use of real concrete is severely frowned upon.

[Chaparral]

And now, the rest of the story:

I don’t like DCC- period, for one really good reason.
Modellers boast about the proposed complex or simple layout still in the Xtrack software or whatever, and invariably end with the ‘blood spit and slap’ pledge of DCC.
There’s not length of track in the house yet, pink and blue foam are a dream, the scale is still alphabet soup, but yadda yadda yadda DCC!
For crying out loud, lay down some pink or blue foam, or two hundred placemats from the dollar store or some hi density thin upholstery foam, and run some trains.
That’s a buncha reasons, but at least they are not rivets!

I have never read a condemning comment toward another modeler here.
Les

I don't care whether you choose to use DCC or not, but that's about the most ridiculous post I have ever read.