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MY LAYOUT WAS PUBLISHED!!!

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DonaldAgne
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MY LAYOUT WAS PUBLISHED!!!
Posted by DonaldAgne on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:16 AM
Unfortunately, not by Model Railroader, but by a Japanese annual N-Scale magazine named N-Gauge o Tanoshimu! (Enjoy N-Gauge!). They must be hard up for layouts over here! Anyway, the article (twelve pages) and some of the pictures appear on my web page at http://ddwngauge.homestead.com/index.html on the "Layout Photos" page. Ahhh, if I could only read it...[sigh]

Don Agne

 

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:23 AM
Way cool!!! Congrats Don!!!

I can't imagine how good it feels to get your work published in any modeling magazine. I've gotten two letters published in MRR's RPO and it felt GREAT! But to have an article on your modelling? SUPER!!!

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lupo
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Posted by lupo on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:07 AM
Congratulations Don !
they really published a lot of pictures!

great work ! [tup]

( slightly off this topic ) now this we might have missed if the forum was dived in different scale forums! ( as some suggested )

L [censored] O
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Posted by cwclark on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:16 AM
good job!..Chuck[:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:47 AM
congratualtions !!
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twhite
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Posted by twhite on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:53 AM
Congratulations! Clicked on the photos and I'm REALLY impressed! Wonderful detail, BEAUTIFUL scenery!
Tom

Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 2:01 PM
Way to go!!!!
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dharmon
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Posted by dharmon on Monday, October 18, 2004 2:14 PM

Congratulations Agne-san
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:00 PM
This is one of the best layouts I've ever seen. It deserved to be published. done there.

mike
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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:18 PM
Regardless of the magazine, congratulations. It's something to be very proud of.


Larry

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jwmurrayjr
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Posted by jwmurrayjr on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:36 PM
Very nice, Don![^]

Jim Murray The San Juan Southern RR

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:42 PM
Don, Simply amazing job!! What an inspiration!! Congratulations, you have something to be extremely proud of!! WOW![:0]
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Posted by Fergmiester on Monday, October 18, 2004 4:27 PM
Kudos Don

It would be nice to see them published in MR, Any chance?
Your scenery is excellent and would make an excellent article in its self.

Regards
Fergie

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Posted by egmurphy on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:41 PM
Beautiful work, very impressive layout. The magazine spread is also very well done, with many more photos than we are accustomed to seeing in a layout article. Congratulations.

Let me get this straight, you essentially started, not just the layout, but your model railroading hobby, last year? If so, double congratulations.

[bow] [bow]


Regards

Ed


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DonaldAgne
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Posted by DonaldAgne on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:40 AM
Thanks for all the heartwarming comments. I was leery of posting this thread, because I didn't want to appear to be bragging. On the other hand, I want as many people as possible to see DDW; and, as I'm isolated here in Japan, the forum seemed the best way.

Fergie, I submitted text and pictures to MR for publication, and they are interested. But, the pictures I sent were not quite good enough quality for publication. The Japanese photographer who took the pictures is going to send me some proofs, and I will forward some of them on the MR (he has already given permission to do so). Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed.

Ed, you're right. The Japanese magazines usually publish lots more pictures than the American magazines I've seen. Probably, most of us would prefer to see more pictures and less text in all layout articles. And, yes, I kind of just jumped in to model railroading in January of 2003 and finished the layout in January of 2004. Most of the layout construction was done on weekends, and I worked on buildings on weekday evenings. Once the basic landforms were complete and painted, the scenery went on quickly, except for all those trees on the mountains. Very tedious.

Thanks again, everybody.

Don Agne

 

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Posted by darth9x9 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:42 PM
I wouldn't consider it bragging. You should be proud of the work you have done.

BC

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Posted by n2mopac on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:12 PM
Congrats. Keep us the good work.
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Posted by chaya on Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:49 AM
[wow] Awesome layout, Don!

Congratulations!

[tup]
Planning a new fictional-prototypical double-deck layout covering parts of northern New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest.
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FJ and G
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Posted by FJ and G on Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:03 PM
Way cool, Don.

I was stationed in Okinawa from 78 to 85

David Vergun
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jacon12
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Posted by jacon12 on Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:48 PM
After looking at the photos it's little wonder the layout is in the magazine. Are you sure you just started last year.. ;-)
I'm glad you brought it to our attention.
Congradulations!
HO Scale DCC Modeler of 1950, give or take 30 years.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:30 PM
Not bragging -- sharing.
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mcouvillion
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Posted by mcouvillion on Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:28 PM
Don,

I looked at a few of the pictures. Fabulous! I bet it looks good through the lens of the TV camera!

Mark C.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2004 5:29 PM
Congrats Don, that's great stuff!
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