Way back in the day, the S Gaugian did have sn3 articles mixed in with
all the other fragments of S. In fact at one time PBL ran a double page
centerfold type ad shot by Malcom Furrow. I think when he started the
seperate publication the Gaugian lost much of it's scale mix. My
opinion is that the Sn3 Modeler is a 'better' magazine perhaps because
he has a longer lead time to round up articles and there are more narrow
gauge guys than standard gauge scale guys to submit articles. I know
that I relate much more to narrow gauge than I do to AF/hiral. At the
moment the Gazette is my main magazine for techniques and actual
modeling since Mainline Modeler died.
At this time I should also mention that I consider Don Heimberger a good
friend (we have shared a couple of adult drinks together) and I do
purchase his magazine occasionally, buy his books and have purchased
much product from S scenery. The cover and sometimes great articles
have been published, overall the insides of the magazine has always been
a bit of a problem for many. This ranges from lack of in-depth articles
to some of the ads that have been run for years without change. I can
recall ads from Don Lawrence stating 'no other trains but AF would be
tolerated', and another ad that ran for a long time for some collector
trying to find engines with the brass button on the frame, or the ads
for repro rubber roadbed. These were half page very boring ads that ran
sometimes for years without change. Others have mentioned that the
magazine was just a big catalogue for S scenery's ads. Magazines can
and do set standards for the ads they accept, as well as, the editorial
content they accept.
Dave is of course, correct, that one can only publish what is sent in.
I just think a publisher eliminates many possibilities when you announce
in your masthead that no payment will be made. I think a token payment,
contests and other incentives would help the editorial content.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
David Heine wrote:
> Continuing the Don Heimburger saga:
>
> Actually Don does publish an S scale only magazine; Sn3 Modeler. Sn3
> Modeler is semi-annual, and the content is nothing like the S Gaugian. It
> is probably closer to what the non-hirail/AF S gauge community would like,
> except the track gauge is narrower. Again it proves that Don can only
> publish what he receives.
>
>
> Merry Christmas to all.
>
> Dave Heine
> Easton, PA
>
>
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