I have to agree with Brooks. After years of writing for magazines on various subjects, I find myself wanting to spend more and more time on the layout. I haven't written anything of note for about two years, now, and while the desire is there, I feel a lot of the things I do are probably dated and of little interest to contemporary modelers. Thus I focus my efforts on what I have always dreamed of, a secondary light density Class I main line.
More later, the dog is about to get my breakfast! boB Nicholson _______________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "bcgsteam" <bcgsteam@...> wrote: > > Roger, > Interestingly, a discussion of writing articles and publishing photos of our > layouts came up last night at an operating session on an N scale layout. > There were N scalers, HO guys, and one S guy (me!) involved. What was clear > is that an individual modeler has to have an interest in that aspect of the > hobby, not just a layout that would be "magazine worthy". In our operating > group there are probably 6 layouts that could easily be featured one of the > mainstream magazines but the modelers have other priorities. One fellow > there last night who has a fantastic HO layout said he would rather work on > the next layout project than dedicate the time to take photographs and write > a piece. And that's just fine. Ours is a wonderfully diverse hobby and it's > simply a matter of what's of interest. I suspect that the reason more S > modelers that have models and layouts that could be published don't do so is > simply that they have other priorities. Those of us who do enjoy preparing > articles are a small percentage of all S gaugers, but probably no smaller a > percentage than in any other scale. But that relatively small number results > in a small number of S layouts appearing in the magazines. I would restate > what I have before, however. It is not that difficult to prepare photos and > text for publication. I use a camera that costs about $400 and two very old > photo floods that new probably cost less than $50. There isn't anything that > mysterious about requirements for publication of photos other than that they > are well lit and well focused...the same thing you want in a family snapshot. > That don't have to be contest winners to be appropriate. JPEG format, the > format that comes directly out of the camera, is acceptable and even > inexpensive cameras these days have more than enough resolution and their > autofocus features work fine, especially in the larger scales like ours. The > text can be submitted as a Word document, the format most everyone uses for > reports, etc. For those interested, photography and writing articles for > magazines becomes another challenging and creative aspect of our hobby. As > I've said before, I'd be glad to chat off line with any one who would like > some encouragement or support. Brooks > > > > > > > Make that 198! It would be great if your neighbors could share some pics > > of their layout with at least the S community. > > > > Thanks, Roger > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
