My criticism is not that RMC did a feature (and as another member pointed out, they do this for other niche interests in the hobby periodically), but that the feature could have been much better; I consider it a missed opportunity which won't come again any time soon.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > I have not read all of the RMC article but the overall coverage is a boost > for S. > Model railroader is an all computer oriented , (ready to run out of the box) > toy train magazine anymore. I wonder what Linn Westcott would say (knew him > well)? > John Armstrong > > TRAINS is back in the real world now. > > > With all the broo-ha-ha about the RMC insert, I decided to dig it out of > my pile of magazines waiting to be read. I read the first article and > looked at all the ads and photos. So far I think it is a well-done > piece. After reading all the comments about the overwhelming amount of > AF coverage, I really didn't find that. Just my opinion, of course. My > first impression was that I thought most of the ads were scale-oriented > (I think two were specific for AF). I thought the first article (I'll > read the second one this weekend) was a very good one to get everyone up > to speed on the history of "S". The end of the article left with a > positive and hopeful feeling, because it seemed to indicate that S is a > growing scale. "So from an outsider's point of view, this scale called > "S" might be something to investigate further." This is what I would've > walked away with. I am glad it didn't mention anything about the China > situation, otherwise it might have turned people off. > > By the way, I got an e-mail the other day from someone visiting my web > site and reading the Railmaster Hobbies' RS-1 construction article on my > web site. He said he isn't an S-scale modeler, but he is serious > thinking about buying that kit so that he can build one. > > I wonder if the RMC article is going to have more people consider > S-scale. I think so. Maybe this guy found my web site after he read the > RMC article and did a generic search for S-related items on the web. I > dunno. > > I agree with Andy and think this insert was a great idea and came out > well. No other magazine is doing something like that. You also don't see > a 16-page insert of "This is N-scale" or "This is G-scale". They singled > out S, and I think that is fantastic. > - Peter. > > On 04/21/2011 1:20 am, Andrew_Malette wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I thought the RMC feature was a good idea and went with it. I have not > seen > > the article or ads so I really can't comment on them but I am somewhat > taken > > back that many of you have critisized the handout. This handout will be > > distributed at many MR shows by RMC to promote S. I trust that your > > critiques are valid. I will have to look and decide for myself. > > > > cheers, > > > > > > > > Andy Malette > > -- > Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) > Houston, Texas > > "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > http://fourthray.com/ (my company) > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) > -- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6061 (20110421) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6061 (20110421) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
