I have been reading the Narrow gauge and Short Line Gazette faithfully since 1982 when friend Pete Moffett (now a fellow S Scale Workshop member) had an article on scratch building a Quincy and Torch Lake side dump car.
Even though to this day I still do not actively model narrow gauge, I love the magazine for the quality of work portrayed, as well as the visual appeal of the mag itself. Although it has some great long-time contributors, what's really amazing, is this high quality glossy print magazine is largely the work of only three people, Bob Brown, his wife Irene and art director Sharon Olsen. I interviewed Bob on The Model Railway Show two years ago. He's getting on in years. I asked him about succession plans for when he's gone. He told me there are none. Some day the Gazette will be missed the same way Bob Hundman's Mainline Modeler is. So you lesser-read individuals on this list owe it to yourselves to take a look at this mag. Maybe take out a subscription. It also has lots of useful ads for suppliers you won't find in many other magazines...Backwoods Miniatures, Clover House, Rusty Stumps, etc. A lot of good S scale building supplies can be found on their websites. Jim Martin >________________________________ > From: scale S only <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:57:39 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S In NG&SL Gazette > > > >Way to go Brooks! Now if I could only lay my hands on one of those Gazettes... Maybe at the OSW+S next week. >Bill Winans >----------------------------------- >Some on this site might not be regular readers of Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette magazine since the focus is heavily narrow gauge and logging, but I thought the group might like to know that S standard gauge is proudly represented on the cover of the January 2013 issue and my Buffalo Creek & Gauley layout (including the logging activity) is featured inside. While a number of the country's exceptional Sn3 layouts have appeared in the Gazette, according to editor Bob Brown this is the first time in the magazine's history that an S standard gauge layout has been featured. Hopefully the article will introduce some folks not too familiar with S standard gauge to what can be done in our favorite scale. >Brooks Stover > > >
