At the risk of piling on, it is almost twenty years since I let my MRR subscription lapse after over twenty years previously either subscribing (later, when I could afford to) or buying individual issues. There seem to be essentially two constituencies: the highly advanced electronic types and beginners and those who never seem to progress much beyond beginner-level (I am reminded of the old story where the employee complains about someone newer being promoted over him, saying he'd had twenty years of experience there, and the supervisor tells him, no, he's had one year of experience twenty times).
When the dust settled from paying college tuitions and such I did resume my subscription to RMC and have not regretted that, not just because RMC does seem to take S scale seriously but because their editorial policy favors those who like to actually BUILD locomotives, cars, structures, and scenery. Anachronistic, perhaps... Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Just one of several reasons why I quit getting Model Railroader.... > > Charles Weston > > --- On Sat, 10/29/11, Willam Fraley <[email protected]> wrote: > Yipes! Something's sticking in my Craw again! > Just when I thought we were making headway in the national magazines I > > received my December 2011 Model Railroader magazine and read Senior Editor, > > Jim Hediger's column on "Welcoming New Model Railroaders" to the hobby. (The > > what not's and to dos for our hobby.) > > > > Right on the top of Jim's column are thee beautiful Locomotives in O Scale, > > HO Scale and N Scale. > > > > Worse is, that is all he writes about in his advice to his proposed newbie's > > to our hobbies, O - HO and N scale. Ouch! > > > > Perhaps Jim is having a Senior moment? While I know we in S Gauge are in a > > minority scale, I propose that all those in the S gauge model railroading > > market represent a pretty big number of subscribers to Model Railroader and > > to the industry in general, even Lionel wants to get in on the S gauge > > market. > > > > When my renewal come up in May 2012, I may switch to another monthly model > > railroad magazine, one who treats modelers in minority scales better than > > Model Railroaders does. [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/
