MR editors take note!

[AggroJones]

I'm still waiting for the Jack Parker NP and Jim Diaz WP layout tours. MR should really consider them. These two layouts are the definition of "museum quality modeling". Anybody in the know understands what I'm talking about. Both layouts have perfect lighting, very accurate to their prototypes, clean neat modeling, good weathering, and are presented fabulously.

Either one of these I would like to see a visit of.

[detting]

I would love to see some $1 modeling projects - but I suspect that they would have to be $5 projects if we are to adjust for inflation.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jfugate

Having been a magazine/fanzine editor, when people start making article requests, the first thing that pops into my mind is:

You want it, then either write it or find someone else who can.

Preach it, brother!

QUOTE:

I'm writing some articles for MR even as we speak. Are you?

I will be, as soon as I can quit working 70 hours per week.

I always look forward to seeing what you and Bob Boudreau are cooking up next.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Nieuweboer

what I'd like to see is a series of illustrated articles about the development of various kinds of freight cars...and certainly be a boon to all who are uncertain about what kind of cars are appropriate for a certain era.

Railmodel Journal (I think) did a series on "Freight Cars of the 50s". I think I lost count at something like Part 28. It doesn't quite address what you'd like to see, but gives a perspective of what was common in the 1950s and prior.

[AltonFan]

QUOTE: I miss the articles dealing with the little details of railroading, like the type and placement of lineside whistle posts, derail features, section crew facilities. Gordon Odegard was the author for much of this type information, but he up and died. I do miss him, his wit in print, his knowledge. And kitbashing? I would shake with excitement every time I would find an article by Art Curren. There has never been his equal where it comes to the artistic balance of a structure and how to place it for maximum effect. And his article on LeWot Bog. A masterpiece. So Art dies and takes his skills and talents with him. My loss.

Totally agree.

I especially miss Gordon Odegard's contributions. Any time Model Railroader published drawings of a car or locomotive, Odegard always had some advice on how to build it, using recently available models, and in multiple scales!

He probably forgot more about the hobby than many of us will ever learn.

[dknelson]

If you never had a chance to see Gordon Odegard's Clinchfield N scale layout when it was new and in its prime, you really missed a beauty. It was stunning, and it ran very well. I suspect that layout made more converts to N scale than any other single project.

I wonder what the reception would be if a very good modeler took up the old Eric Stevens and Don Reschenberg "dollar model" and "dollar car" articles and redid them using today's materials, and yes the cost would have to be more than a dollar, maybe more than $10. Keep in mind that back when good trucks were fifty cents a pair it was considerably easier to call a project a "dollar car!" The thing is, back then those models were highly detailed, now they'd be considered somewhat plain without all the nut-bolt-washer castings being used, and accurate grab irons instead of reformed staples, etc etc. But I suspect most of us would still be proud to take one of those old models just as they were and be able to say "I built this from scratch."
Dave Nelson

[Anonymous]

I agree about the $1 models. Perhaps the amount needs to be adjusted for inflation, but features on inexpensive scratch building projects would be great!