Roy, I have to agree with you in that some people will see it their
duty to promote as they see best to do. Others will whine, while others
just want to get the next car painted. I was once told, that during the
American Revolution that roughly 1/3 of the population sided with the
British, 1/3 with the revolution and 1/3 didn't care.
Many have done their share but sometimes it's the direction we take that
makes or breaks our efforts. This is a tough thing to understand
sometimes. This past weekend Peter and I were talking about the past
RMC issue/folder that the NASG bought as a promo that we were handing
out. We did some Monday morning quarterbacking. I mentioned one image
that really bothered me--one photo is of a AF K-5 with a short train
that occupies nearly one half page. The problem is that it shows an
item that hasn't been produced since the 50's, along with the old AF
track. That really wasn't showing the best side of S, especially at
that reproduction size. Had anybody thought about the AM streamlined
Hudson on one track with a SHS 2-8-0 right beside it?
When Allen Evans and I worked on the last NASG's "This is S" brochure
I made a phone call to Lionel, they sent product, a phone call to Ron at
DesPlains brought me coalporters, a call to Andy Mallett brought me one
of his Pacifics'. I don't think anybody turned me down for equipment,
so it was a matter of choosing what showed S the best.
When I do a major shoot on location in another area--I call up the
city's 'movie board'. Although they cater to the major studio's
shooting features, they have always helped me with advice, permits and
coordination. It sure would have been nice to have given RMC some of
that help.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 2/21/13 12:34 PM, Roy wrote:
During this present discussion, I haven't heard a lot of whining, just
some good ideas for promoting S from those of us with a passion for
growing the scale.
Those who want to just go back to their trains can do so and just hit
the delete key when there's a non-modeling topic. But, if S dies there
won't be any modeling topics to talk about.
Roy Hoffman
