Know the changes out there to an electronic junk world. Printed books have a certain physical and mental feel that the electronic world does not have (at least to me)
We are downsizing our house due to age and the need to move. I would say we had (have) close to a thousand books in this house. - architecture, archaeology, the arts, railroads ,history, fiction, and many other subjects. I'll be damned if I get a book or magazine on this computer. Glad I am 91. Everyone now likes 3 or 4 point type.Especialy for instructions, or hiding food sources on packages (Check Congress on how to buy this) To me that RR magazine is useless. Have tried to look at it. Wish I could have used your 3 D method when I was doing architectural models. It would have been a great time saver on models with a thousand parts. But that enhanced your skills while doing it. Ingot mills, foundries, pulp mills with seaports, French candy plants, banks, Airline food service centers. It was endless but satisfying. My wife, an artist. notes the coldness of the world of computerized graphics. Like A F .Fun without have much to do. If you want to have fun, go ashore with the Marines sometime. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: SMMW To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:47 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} 1/64's Modeling Guide? Printed media (books, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, etc.) have been struggling for several years. Printing costs and shipping costs continually increase, readership drops off and the end result is unprofitability. Many have shut down. My wife, an avid reader, downloads 95% of her books via Kindle. The availability of on-line information via web sites, chat groups, blogs and the very successful Model Railroad Hobbyist "e-zine" are a few examples of how information presentation has morphed in the past few years. Some flavors of today's cell phones have replaced laptops. I'm a 100% supporter of on-line media, including the handful of modeling mags published irregularly by several historical societies, because they're fast, current, don't take up shelf space, and offer highly detailed articles (120+ pages per publication is common). None of these can be addressed via paper media, especially "current" or lengthy articles. While I still enjoy sitting down to read the latest MR and flip thru the pages several times if an article catches my eye, the reality is that to grow any venture, the supplier must cater to ever-changing technology in order to reach potential young recruits to any hobby, not just model railroading. Any flavor of "social media" seems to be the way to achieve this. Jim King President, Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. Ph. (828) 777-5619 www.smokymountainmodelworks.com Trainmaster, Craggy Mountain Line RR www.craggymountainline.com
