Well Brooks, if your the tail, I'll be the tip of the tail! Before I
head home for the Easter holiday, I'll make a couple of observations.
I've only had one major feature in RMC plus a couple of smaller single
shots, so I'm not certain what response they'll get or need to continue
to work with us. Bill has indicated to me that they are constantly
'under the gun' to get things done. Apparently their staff is a
fraction of Kalmbach's, so it's likely the diorama and perhaps editorial
over site on the copy might have been lacking when compared to a typical
Kalmbach 'project' layout. If you dig through some of the SHS catalogs
you will see the efforts I went through to make things interesting and
different each year. In some cases I built simple setups, some fairly
elaborate and some used my own layout when it seemed to work. I always
tried to stay with a basic theme but vary the way it was stated. All of
these sets that I built took several days to put together. I just don't
think RMC had that kind of time to devote to this project and I suspect
their budget wasn't adequate either.
In our small scale, with small budgets, it's likely whoever is in charge
of putting together a future effort will also be the one to build the
layout/set, photograph it, and write all the copy, but only after there
is a clear stated purpose. Another way to handle such a project would
be to have a group of us supply the entire finished project to RMC.
Dick Karnes or Bob Jackson could write copy. One of our manufacturers
could round up product, somebody who builds layouts fast could do that,
it could be photographed and displayed at several NMRA, NASG, WGH, RPM,
shows. All it takes is fore site, an effort and some $$!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx.com
On 4/21/11 9:23 PM, Brooks wrote:
>
> I realize I'm getting in on the tail end of this discussion, but I
> would like to encourage everyone to share their opinions, good and
> bad, about the RMC "S" insert with Bill Schaumburg, the editor of RMC.
> It does little good for us to express our opinions to each other. We
> "S" gaugers do WAY too much of that. We need to share them with the
> person/people who can influence if or when they'll be another similar
> piece, and what it might contain. For what it's worth, I am strongly
> in the camp of 'this was a huge opportunity missed'. One big thing
> missing in my mind were photos of what can being done in S today,
> photos of layouts built in our favorite scale showcasing the fine
> equipment currently available. Including only photos a single small,
> toy-like diorama which appears to have been built for the insert is
> not going to inspire the average RMC reader (a pretty mature bunch of
> modelers) to switch to "S". As soon as I finish this, I'! m going to
> drop a note to Bill. I hope you all will do the same. If we don't, the
> next "S" piece might look just like this one. By the way, does anyone
> know the author, George Riley? I couldn't find his name in the NASG
> directory. Brooks Stover
>
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