Roy, When I read your original post, I knew exactly what you meant. Over the last couple years, I have submitted about all of the photos of models and completed scenes that I can produce. No one wants to see the same stuff over again, but just in a different place! I’ve had to put off some requests for material, which I regret. I need to either improve on my creative writing skills, or build more models and scenery, before I can provide any more to all of the various venues for S that we have now.
I’m sure many on this list have beautiful models or scenes nearing completion that, with a little more work, could provide good material for photos, articles or both that we all would enjoy, and that could generate more enthusiasm for S. Roger Nulton From: Roy Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: 1:64 Modeling Guide Update and a Call for Material Sometimes my posts are too short and are taken as sound bites (my fault). I didn't mean competition in the marketing sense, but that we only have a handful of authors to come up with articles. The SIG site is blessed with several articles, but Bob's post was asking for articles. I was just doing the math. Promoting S is dear to my heart and waging war on several fronts is a good thing. I do my best to keep up a presence on the MRH site, but some day they'll be tired of seeing the same old S scaler time after time. I've written several pieces for my blog there and lots of folks of all gauge persuasions have read them. I wish everyone well in their efforts to promote S and if we all do our parts, S just might make it after all. I hope Bob gets all the articles and photos that he needs and that he meets success with the magazine for all our sakes. I also wish you luck with your SIG. Roy --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > you face a lot of competition not only from all of our websites, but the > > SIG website <snip> > > Roy > > > Golly...... > > I hope the S Sig and it's web site at www.sscale.org is not viewed as > competition for Bob's magazine. In case of uncertainty, let me clarify the S > Sig's purpose: to promote S scale to non-S folks. Period. That is it. Nothing > else. Recruiting is our mantra and our efforts are to support that end result. > > Yes, we have a web site and also a conversational Forum. Yes, people send us > photos and, upon occasion, short articles. All the material created by the S > Sig itself has been oriented toward explaining the virtues of S to the non-S > modeler and providing him/her with easy-to-read basic information about S > scale and S products. > > Let it be known the S Sig does not pay for articles or photos. Bob can make > you rich, but we offer only fame -- and not much of that. But we happily > accept material that comes floating into our neighborhood. On some occasions, > we even offer to pass it along to Bob Nalbone for use in his 1:64 Modeler > magazine. He, in turn, provides the S Sig with a page or two in each issue > for the use of the S Sig's newsletter. So far, neither of us has viewed the > other as competition. > > The S Sig hopes to begin a serious marketing promotional campaign this coming > Fall that will let the entire model railroading hobby know that S scale > exists. If you'd like to make this happen a bit sooner or make the effort a > bit louder/larger, please feel free to use the green voluntary contribution > button on our web site. > > Thanks.....Ed L. > www.sscale.org >
