Everyone,
We've hashed this out on this list before, and I've expressed my views.
Jeff and I have had a few conversations about this also. I've also had
the wrath of one BOT member come down on me, so I won't say too much.
But since I've retired from my responsibilities with the NASG, I will
add a few words.
Either we join the model railroad community or we don't. If we join we
are actually three segments, sometimes with only a thin thread between
us. These three segments might require different approaches or simply
ignore one or more segments--but with our size organization we really
can't cover all three. If we join the community we would obviously
compete with N, HO, O, G & and their variations for 'shelf' space. If
we go our separate way (Dispatch or S Gaugian) there is no competition
but we could also go the way of Beta video cameras rather quickly. I
don't think we have a Steve Jobs to come back out of retirement and put
us on top!
I did a quick study of the publications some months ago. The coverage
of Model Railroader is much greater than another other publication by a
long ways, although their readership has declined like the rest of the
magazines. So if the purpose is to blanket our hobby with our
message--there is only one choice. The middle of the road is likely to
be the on-line Model Railroad Hobbist. I don't know if they're 'making
it' yet because magazines tend to loose money for several years. They
are so the most economical and most hungry for meaty stuff. However. if
your doing it by chipping away at the other scales, then any publication
including historical, NMRA regional publications and even local clubs
are worth looking at.
One can never know if any effort or $$ invested will pay off until
sometimes years afterward. One thing is pretty much guaranteed,
however--doing nothing is setting a course to oblivion
Bob Werre
On 11/15/11 10:08 AM, up148 wrote:
>
> I think these are good ideas brewing here. I never thought about the
> online MRH. But, I really think this publication needs to be an all
> "S" publication and not just one article or layout per year in GMR.
> We're trying to catch the attention of modelers in other gauges to
> show the positive attributes of "S" scale. It could follow the lines
> of being an S scale primer, but much more.
>
> I also don't think traditional AF fits into my idea of what this
> publication should be any more than you see scale and traditional 3R
> in the same publication in O gauge. They share the gauge but have
> completely different followers. We are fortunate in "S" that
> manufacturers can produce locos and rolling stock that for the most
> part fit both venues. I think "S" Scale and "S" Hi-Rail like Carl
> Tuvesons layout is what should be showcased.
>
> I also thought Jeff's idea was to not publish the member issue of the
> Dispatch and use those funds (along with others) to publish this "S"
> layout special. Whether is was substituded for the member issue or had
> to be purchased individually was lost in my excitement of seeing a
> publication of this type. I'll buy it. But, I think it's important to
> see it available in hobby shops or online or in some venue to reach
> the mainstream modelers in other gauges.
>
> Butch
>
>
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