Found it, March, 1992.
Mike
My You Tube
mbinsewiBrunton, do you remember what year and month? Mike.
Mike.
But, though some of the details have changed (I referred to a future microprocessor as an 80586 or something like that - then Intel renamed their processor line "Pentium." Still, I think the my premise is still sound, and we're getting closer to some form of reality with it, but the software still isn't quite there yet.
Mark P.
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Wow, Railscope. I remember that. That was unfortunately Lionel behind way ahead oof the times. The camera was realtively huge - the HO versio needed pretty much the entire nose of the FA cut out. It was B&W only, and the video transmission was very suceptible to noise generated by the motor and wheels sparking. Amazing for the time, but I think they jumped the gun on technology what wasn't QUITE ready for consumer level products - look what we have now, cameras small enough for N scale that are COLOR and transmit perfectly clear images. And run from track power instead of batteries that lasted barely an hour (but remember from the RailScope review, once the battery was too low in the camera car, it still had plenty of life left for use in the base.)
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Yep, I remember Railscope. I couldn't afford it at the time, or did I know anything about Lionel's HO scale stuff, other than a box of stuff I aquired, had a Lionel loco in it, but I never did get it running.
Brunton, do you remember what year and month?
Some place in here, I think, Steve talked about how they handle articles, Unless it was an article in MR., I don't remember.
riogrande5761 Randy, what do you consider "high speed" these days. That bar has changed over time, thats for sure. I'm planning to move and my options will be limited as it's further out into the boonies, but should have 25 mbps service. Verizon is in the area but no FIOS so far.
Randy, what do you consider "high speed" these days. That bar has changed over time, thats for sure. I'm planning to move and my options will be limited as it's further out into the boonies, but should have 25 mbps service. Verizon is in the area but no FIOS so far.
25mb shoould be plenty to strem Youtube or MRVP without stalls. But not if a bunch of other people in the house are doing the same thing. - couple of TVs using Netflix, someone streaming music, and then you try to watch a video - probably have some issues.
It's those 1-5mb DSL coonnections I can't justify calling high speed anything. It's insufficient for even standard def video streaming (ones you figure in the overhead and how much REAL throughput you get).
I happen to have 200mb down and about 15mb up cable. Hard to tell because it's all bundled in, but the internet part is about $50/mo. It started at 100mb down, and they've upgraded me twice for no additional cost. I get well over 200mb down going to their servers - real world testing against other networks I get more liek 150-180mb. Tested my new laptop on wireless and got about 20mb down, so even multiple users hitting max speed over wifi won't overwhelm the cable connection. I would be perfectly happy with 100mb, but if they are going to give me more without paying more, I'll take it.
I wouldn;t count on Verizon building out any more FIOS anywhere unless they happen to get a competitor in the area offering speeds better than their DSL. They stopped expanding the FIOS coverage area a couple of years ago.
Funny thing is, everyone with an internet connection has been paying a surcharge for years to bring services to more rural area, but they roll out a 3mb DSL service (which is only 3mb if you live on top of the exchange) and call it high speed and compliant. Maybe 15 years ago....
Marc_MagnusMay be the MR staff has read this topic, because november and now december are great issues, I must admit.
Probably not this exact thread, but maybe one like it.
http://mrv.trains.com/series/mr-insider/2015/04/mr-insider-exclusive-printing-model-railroader-at-quadgraphics
How many rejected authors inquired about interest in their article before they prepared and submitted it? I think that's a key step. The best article ever written will be rejected if it doesn't fit the publication's needs.
I was published in MR W-A-Y back in the 90's. The article was called "Beyond Railscope." (How many remember Railscope?) When I got the acceptance letter, it was a real highlight of my year! The check was nice, too, but seeing my name in MR a few months later was the BIG RUSH!
If I could do it, anybody can.
So, ask if they want an article like you want to produce. Sooner or later you'll hit on something they want, and they'll say yes.
Just an inside remark;
I just receive yesterday my december MR (I'm living in Belgium).
May be the MR staff has read this topic, because november and now december are great issues, I must admit.
There is no too basic articles and many excellet articles for the average modeler, yes not really beginners.
This kind of contents remember me the 80's contents of excellent quality.
I hope MR montlhly paper form will follow this kind of excellent publication.
When I read this topic this quality resume all the expectations of many of us.
This is just my feeling of course.
I live in rural southeast louisiana near the Mississippi state line my area is "supposed" to be a "up and coming" area far as development goes. So high speed cable (not satellite) Internet should be on its way sometime in the future.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
riogrande5761 I do get weary of people badgering other hobbyists to submit articles; it's not far from calling them lazy or something similar. In some cases hobbyists are trying to submitdoing just that and are being rejected due to too high standards, don't fit our style, or a host of other reasons. So even if people do what you say, they lose.
Jim,I was a member of that club and we used five different professional photographers and still the article was rejected on the photos and those photographers wasn't free. IMHO all five photographers did their upmost with lighting,focusing etc. The article was written by a member's wife that had two articles publish in a gardening magazine and as far as the layout it was top notch with lots of good cars and locomotives of the time (P2K,Atlas,Kato and Athearn).We even insured only the better detailed engines was in the photos.
I will always wonder why that article was rejected.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
NWP SWP Maxman, If you read the rest of my post you would see that I have to pay 100 for Internet that will only let me watch maybe 20 minutes of video before it becomes somewhat like watching a slow motion version of stop motion animation.
Maxman, If you read the rest of my post you would see that I have to pay 100 for Internet that will only let me watch maybe 20 minutes of video before it becomes somewhat like watching a slow motion version of stop motion animation.
Where do you live? I need to add that to my list of places NOT to move to. I would be dead without high speed internet that truly is high speed (unless nothing else is available, cable is almost ALWAYS superior to DSL, despite the phone company's (mostly) false claims to the contrary.
I COULD live in a place with 10 acres (plenty to build some inch and a half scale ride on trains as well as put up a building to house any size layout I would desire to build), however there are 1) no tech jobs there and 2) they consider 1Mbit DSL as "high speed" internet. So I stick where I am for now. Maybe by the time I retire they will have real high speed internet there. I would have and want high speed internet even if I completely left the model railroad hobby (ain't happening, I'm having too much fun, don't worry).
Sir Madog riogrande5761 The above is a tired and worn out refrane. Objection, just check issues of MR 20 years ago! If you want MR to be like the MRRing mags in my country, where just about the entire content is made up by the editorial staff, than you have to be prepared to pay the prices they cost, which is $ 10+ per issue!
riogrande5761 The above is a tired and worn out refrane.
Objection, just check issues of MR 20 years ago!
If you want MR to be like the MRRing mags in my country, where just about the entire content is made up by the editorial staff, than you have to be prepared to pay the prices they cost, which is $ 10+ per issue!
I don't have an issue with the content myself now vs. then. For me thats a red herring. I do get weary of people badgering other hobbyists to submit articles; it's not far from calling them lazy or something similar. In some cases hobbyists are trying to submitdoing just that and are being rejected due to too high standards, don't fit our style, or a host of other reasons. So even if people do what you say, they lose.
In addition, many have busy lives and it isn't going happen. That doesn't mean people can't express an opinion about what they want as a customer without being targeted by the "get off your lazy behind" forum members. I've heard that argument all my life and it doesn't fly. Objection also. Don't forget the old adage we have in America, the customer is always right. I still believe in it even though a lot of companies these days are dictating to us what we should like, buy or have to accept - not so. We still can vote with our wallets as always.
That said, I haven't subscribed to MR in a long time but might get a wild hair if I get a special offer. I'm finding the new version of RMC to be quite good now since White River Productions took over.
Not a Kindle format, they publish via Zinio. I've been all-electronic subscription for some time now. I was an early adopter of e-books, which is the main reason I did noot want a single task device like a Kindal. I have the Kindale app on my iPad, also the Zinio app as well as the MR Archive app (and Google Play Books and of course iBooks and several others, so I can read material in any format). Like Kindle you can zoom and enlarge text in any of them.
Hey RR-Mel
My wife can't read small print either, and we got her a Kindle e-book reader. It saved her. She can make the print as large as she wants. Books cost like $10 instead of $30, and she can download books from the library for free. yes current books.
I don't know if MR has a Kindle-ready format.
NWP SWPAnother problem with MRVP is although it's only $2.25 a month I have to pay at least $100 a month to utilize the service
No, you are not paying $100 a month to watch MRVP. You are paying $100 prorated among all the other services you utilize as well.
Marc_MagnusThanks for your remarks, but one things you may be forget, here we are speaking about the monthly paper MR publication.
Im not forgetting. Turn to page 85 of Dec 2017 MR. Next month:
Winston Salem Southbound
Scratchbuild a compact industry
Build a flagstop signal
Tune up a freight car
Model a Minnesota freight line...
Marc_MagnusAnd about the beginner table top 4X8 which is show up each year, a small layout which can go in a small room could be also show up with a different design like an along the wall or a small included island, this was somewhere the design of the San Juan Central if you remember.
Rice Harbor layout, does both circular and along the walls. Clever of MR to figure that out.
The last several project railroads have specifically been designed to fit in their van. Will what you propose fit inside a standard sized cargo van?
The San Juan Central was IMO, not a good track plan operationally. This horse has been kicked..
San Juan Central was designed to be visually appealing. It was to some, as has been discussed before, others not so much. Im indifferent about the visual appeal.
Marc_MagnusIf I follow you, there is no need again to have a MR paper publication, we need to go to the MR website.
Not what I am saying at all.
What I am saying is that in the cases you specified, video or digital is a better educational medium than print.
Typically most of what you read in MR can be found first on MRVP. There is a lag time between when the project railroads are built and when they appear in the magazine. They just figured out how to monetize the time spent building the project railroads.
I dont know if they will publish all of the WSS video pieces as print articles (probably will not do all), but hopefully some. You can probably figure out about how many by going back to the previous project railroads and look at what how to articles made it to print that were also videos.
NWP SWP Looks like MR doesn't want help then huh? ...
Looks like MR doesn't want help then huh?
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Well, there's 'help' and then there's 'help.' Which one are we offering MR here? The one they should probably refuse or the one some of us insist is really good for them?
I don't believe anyone makes promises that whatever we send them they'll gleefully clean up, improve, edit, restore, or otherwise render suitable for publication in a magazine of this nature. Let's face it...as this discussion amply demonstrates...we're a critical lot. We like things just so. Trouble is, if our hosts ensured wide appeal to all types in the hobby, whatever we agree they should be, it would be 300 pages thick each month. The annual subscription would be perhaps $40, not sure; t'would depend on how much advertising support they could get to cover the real costs. It might get stratospheric since there's only so much paid advertising in our small hobby to go around between this mag and the other two or three. Would you pay $49/annum?
I think they are walking a tough and fine line between keeping a good quality publication going and appealing to as static a client base, advertisers and purchasers/subscribers alike, as they can. I also think they are fairly responsive since they seem to have listened to criticism they let run here about six years ago and have begun to include some more advanced how-to articles in recent years.
Mcdonalds is the local coffee shop!
But hopefully a Starbucks, Dunking Donuts or something will be built soon!
NWP SWPAnother problem with MRVP is although it's only $2.25 a month I have to pay at least $100 a month to utilize the service that or got to McDonald's every time I want to use it! Oh and I hate Mcdonalds food so...
A lot of fast food joints and some coffee shops have wifi for their customers use so,a cup of java and you're good..
Another problem with MRVP is although it's only $2.25 a month I have to pay at least $100 a month to utilize the service that or got to McDonald's every time I want to use it! Oh and I hate Mcdonalds food so...
NWP SWP I will. I think in part MR might have more limited resources so we as patrons and modelers should work on writing up articles for MR would you agree?
I will. I think in part MR might have more limited resources so we as patrons and modelers should work on writing up articles for MR would you agree?
No..I know of one club that wrote a good article and furnish photos taken by a professional photographer and the article was rejected due to "low quality photos" after several tries and different photographers the club decided to give up.
MR says that but,I suspect only a few can pass their requirements.
Too expensive is another one that's overused. MRVP is $2.25 a month. You can't even get a cup of coffee at Starbucks for that.
ANd when people buy the latest gee-whiz loco on the day it's released in (of course) "limited numbers" instead of waiting a few months and grabbing one on eBay for a siginificant discount complain about $2.25 a month...
Most of the locos I own are "limited editions" Says so right on the box. If I felt like changing the decals to get more than the 4 road numbers released for my prototype, I'd easily have 16 of them and that's skipping every eBay auction with ridiculous shipping amounts or bad feedback. I can STILL find them for sale, 15 years after they were released, and not always used. Skip ONE $300 loco and that pays for MRVP for ELEVEN years. Just holding off and later purchasing the loco for $200 pays for over 3 years of it.
I submitted three articles to N Scale magazine back in the 1990s. None were printed. I also never received any rejection notices. Maybe they are still sitting in a bin lableled "maybe use someday", but I doubt it.
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-Kevin
Living the dream.
Sir MadogYou have to be prepared to pay the prices they cost, which is $ 10+ per issue!
Most hobby magazines I subscribe to are in the $10.00-$12.00 per issue range, and are published in Europe.
Yes, what MadDog says is true. Not only will the magazine become written by the editorial staff, but it will also be likely centered around one product line.
I subscrbe to MR and FSM, and both are the best, and least expensive, magazines on my monthly list.
If Kalmbach made a magazine on Table Top Wargaming, I would cancel my subscriptions to Miniature Wargaming, Military Modeler, and White Dwarf tomorrow, and save myself over $30.00 per month. Tamiya Modeler would be the only $10.00 per month magazine left in my mailbox.
We have it good!
riogrande5761The above is a tired and worn out refrane.