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Just discovered this thread Just discovered this thread and wanted to say thanks for the feedback. While kudos are nice, it's the critical feedback that will help us make a better free magazine for all. Wanted to mention we're going monthly as of January, if you haven't heard.

Yep, nothing like competition I guess Well, for what it's worth, I don't intend to censor posts over on the MRH site. Of course there's the issue of flame wars and such, but as long as people play nice, links to other magazines don't bother me.

Just out of curiousity, I wonder what MR would do if you posted a link to the RMC web site?

Just something to ponder ... Roughly 70% of Americans are online (that is browse the web or read emails at home or at work at least once a week). Over 85% of those under 55 are online. About 30% of those 55 or older are online. Based on statistics I've seen, I would estimate well over half of...

Interesting thread, guys. There's no question the web used properly to distribute railroad and model railroad-related content that's been professionally edited is a powerful new medium. The Railway Herald numbers certainly prove that. The MRH site is not yet two months old and has had over...

Just a quick post to say that things have changed a lot since this thread started up 6 months ago ... Model Railroading and Mainline modeler have ceased publication, and word is Railmodel Journal is next ... So that puts us back to what, MR, RMC, and Model Railroad News -- and maybe a few...

Agreed. A very invigorating discussion. I've been enjoying it imensely, and I appreciate the contrary views presented. Good grist for the old thought mill. :D

Grande: Yes, that's the root of it for me ... if you can combine prototype and modeling elements digitally in the same image and they result in a seamless impressive image, that has to say the most about the modeling skill. The digital part isn't really the big factor when the integration looks...

Mark: Your point about being able to actually see the "fakery" in person is well taken. As to my use of the terms art and artist, I wasn't thinking in the high-browed sense you reference. I was thinking more in the sense of what looks "cool" to the eye as opposed to what takes a lot of...

Hmmm ... putting digitally enhanced photos in a magazine is enough to make you drop the magazine? What about layout videos that dub in prototype sounds? Boycott the video producer for doing such a thing? While I can understand this viewpoint if the images are passed off as real, but digital...

I never found the need to "spend considerable time smoothing the tops of the spline" when I did the solid masonite spline on my Ho Siskiyou Line. I just took a reasonable amount of care when gluing the spline and then a quick pass (couple minutes) with a sureform plane did the trick. I lay...

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=36389 I'd like to post an updated version in the clinics section on here when I get time.

I guess I fail to see what all the flap is about. They aren't going to publish you in Model Railroad Planning but instead publish you in MR? That's how I took the "future" part. I'd rather be in MR to MRP -- MR has at least double the circulation of MRP. I doubt the black helicopters over...

That's fine, but make sure you mock it up at various heights for a few days each just to make sure. A lot easier to change your mind now than after you build it only to find out you would rather it be a different height. I did several height mockups on my Siskiyou Line before settling on the...

Years ago, the Layout Design Special Interest Group did a survey of layout owners, many of them well known (like Allen McClelland of the V&O fame) and asked them what their layout height was, and if they were to rebuild, would they go higher, lower, or the same? The layouts were in the 40" -...

Ken: My scenery clinic on this forum discusses the steps I use to ballast my track. If you have any questions about what I do, I encourage you to post them over in that clinic thread and I'll be happy to try and answer them.

Carey: These special issues like this are all new material. In effect, it's a collection of the "best" of the new submissions to MR that all deal with a certain subject. In some cases, I believe they even solicit their regular authors for content on a given subject. In my case, Andy...

I think MR's planning to release this special issue in May of 2006. This will be like the 1950s special issue -- all new material all on a specific topic.

Since there was some discussion earlier about material I submitted to MR and "when will it ever appear', here's an update. It's official, the just announced Realistic Layouts special issue from Kalmbach will feature the Siskiyou Line on its cover. And it's a Siskiyou Line 1986 preview, since...

If you think a step-by-step video demonstration of installing a Soundtraxx DSD-100 decoder (with speaker) in a powered unit would be helpful, I show that in volume 3 of my Siskiyou Line video series (Electrical and Control). The video series is essentially a set of how-to compilations on various...