MR editors take note!

[brothaslide]

I would like to see more photos in the layout articles. It seems like many times a few key areas of a layout are photographed but I would like to see what the rest of the layout looks like.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Hawks05

i'd like to see something geared towards teenagers, sounds like that Student Fare is it

It was. Modelers in that age range sent their letters, photos, and even an occassional article - the January 1997 issue features a remarkable piece about containers that was written by a 15 year old.
There was this other section called "Bull Session" where they displayed the odds and ends of the hobby. I recall a letter sent by a noted modeler about a grasshopper that got runover by one of his trains! There was also this piece about a brass Super Chief consist that sold for a stinkin' $15,000.
The section I miss the most was Along The Line. It featured a really nice model photo accompanied with little story. It really itcked me off when they took that one off.

[Hawks05]

i'd like to see something geared towards teenagers, sounds like that Student Fare is it. this is probably biased but more HO modern style layouts. i'm a teenager and i never grew up around steam engines so i don't really care about them all that much. i'm all about the modern day locomotives and stuff. thats just me though.

[orsonroy]

I'd like to see MR publish one plan per issue. Buildings, freight cars, passenger cars, steam or diesel; it doesn't matter. Heck, raid the 75+ years worth of backissues and start republishing plans. We few remaining scratchbuilders need SOME inspiration!

[Fergmiester]

I'm in for building with wood and more articles on weathering (step by step would be nice. That article last month on painting brick and stone was excellent, Thank you

[egmurphy]

I agree that a "Gorre & Daphetid Revisited" would be something I'd like to see.

Ed

[Anonymous]

As a student in college I would like to see the return of "Student Fare."

[Anonymous]

So far there have been threads about what models we would like to see in the near future, now I ask:
What kind of articles would you like MR to publish in the near future?

Here are my ideas:
- A complete article about John Allen's Gorre & Daphetid
- A series about scratchbuilding a brass... something
- More layouts set in the midwest (there have been too much east coast layouts lately)
- Drawings of the M-10000, early EMD E units or some unusual piece of rolling stock
- The return of "Student Fare" and "Along The Line" (I miss those sections!)
- An article about scratchbuilding with wood (I'm tired of styrene)

I hope someone from the crew sees this!