Very nice. Keep us posted on the progress of this article, when we can look for it.
FT
P.S. Where's the trains in this layout? It is a model railroad, right?
Good luck, and I hope it all goes well for you, just don't expect to see it in your issue at the mailbox right away, turn around from sumission to print can be two years or more.
a local fellow I know, whose layout appeared in the extra issue "Great Model Railroads" and the final pics had to be in over one year before the issue hit the mailbox, and setting up and taking the final "mag ready" pics was spread out over about three months.
d
I hope your article has a better tone than your post here:
Best of luck on this.
Ladell Bell wrote:Oh c'mon! You really had to quote that here and say that? No. I had my opinion in that situation but that does not defy who I am so stop nit picking! No my tone in the article was bad. That was such a stupid comment you agree? A intelligant person will know the article is not written like that you just wanted to pull my card with the question. I hope you are not always a pain in the butt Pathfinder!
I was just surprised someone who is new to the forum (21 posts when it was made) would make such negative comments ("Stop crying" and "Your are his sucker man"); the original poster was looking for constructive ideas to help him with his problem. No forum benefits from such negativity and I was just hoping that your article does not also have a negative tone to it. As I said in my post, good luck with this.
Ladell Bell wrote:
Why did you delete the pictures (you missed the layout track plan one in the first post by the way )?
Ladell Bell wrote:Wow 2 years!! I will speed up the process by calling them weekly at first then every couple of days till they put it in. They will get so tired of me they will rush the process. LOL Two years is a very long time though whoa.
Calling them repeatedly probably won't help getting published and faster. If they are going to use your material, they will use it when it suits their need, and when they have the amount of space required. It's nothing personal, it would be a business requirement.
"Two years is a very long time" - not in MR's case. Some material they use right away, generic material they use it when they can, many years later. They sat on one of my articles for thirteen years.
Be patient.
Bob Boudreau
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Railphotog wrote: Ladell Bell wrote:Wow 2 years!! I will speed up the process by calling them weekly at first then every couple of days till they put it in. They will get so tired of me they will rush the process. LOL Two years is a very long time though whoa.Calling them repeatedly probably won't help getting published and faster. If they are going to use your material, they will use it when it suits their need, and when they have the amount of space required. It's nothing personal, it would be a business requirement."Two years is a very long time" - not in MR's case. Some material they use right away, generic material they use it when they can, many years later. They sat on one of my articles for thirteen years.Be patient.
I agree with Bob...slow down boy, or you'll be in for a big disappointment.
Although I can't speak specifically to MR's policies, I've had articles that appeared in RMC that were held for over five years following submission. If you check, you'll even note that recently several layouts have appeared in MR where the builder had passed away a couple of years ago, or where the layout has been torn down and already replaced, before the article saw the light of day.
CNJ831
Thats almost exactly how long it took for them to run mind,and I did not call them every day! My reward was getting the cover of the July 1999 MR and i'll tell you what it was worth the wait. Also as a side note they gave me one months notice. So cool your jets and wait for the big surpise.
PS; there can be a down side to the whole thing remind me to tell about two or three months after they run your story.
Fargo
fargo wrote:PS; there can be a down side to the whole thing remind me to tell about two or three months after they run your story.
I think what TZ means is that the submitted item sits in the "Future articles" filing cabinet for a while before moving it to "Upcoming articles" filing cabinet. In other words, nothing is done with it for a number of months, until MR figures out if and when they want to run the article in one of their issues.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Where's some pics? You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
Driline wrote: Ladell Bell wrote: Where's some pics? You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
There were pictures but he deleted them for some reason. One, looking down the side of the layout, looked pretty good but not a lot of trains in the 3 pictures he posted.
Ladell,
Way to go man! To get that kind of positive response from Model Railroader is cause to be very proud of yourself and your work... regardless of how long it may take to be published! Good job!
fargo wrote: Thats almost exactly how long it took for them to run mind,and I did not call them every day! My reward was getting the cover of the July 1999 MR and i'll tell you what it was worth the wait. Also as a side note they gave me one months notice. So cool your jets and wait for the big surpise. PS; there can be a down side to the whole thing remind me to tell about two or three months after they run your story.Fargo
Okay, what's the downside?
Is it the letters to the editor complaining about the space alien in the locomotive's window?
Cool.....I mean "Hot" Palm trees. I like the long highways you added that parallels the mainline. It looks very prototypical.
I've heard from my local hobby club that it can take 3 or more years before MR publishes you're layout, so you may have a very long wait indeed.
You could build a new one and have it completed by the time they actually publish the old layout.
Ladell Bell wrote: Ok I will repost some pictures again. There was a reason I removed them but I do not want to explain it. Here they are
Ok I will repost some pictures again. There was a reason I removed them but I do not want to explain it. Here they are
Aw come on, Al, we all understand why you want to stay under the radar. What happened, in the penalty box over at the other forum again and bored?
Very nice indeed. Another modeler over on the Atlas forum built a layout exactly like that. His screen name is Monster Railroad; also known as Parker Legend, Alfred Mayo and a number of other aliases.
Unfortunately he has been kicked off this forum many, many times. He often comes back under various names. Do you know him? Here is his page.
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=14129360&uid=7430437
Welcome (back) to the forum!
Jim
Railphotog wrote: They sat on one of my articles for thirteen years.
Mark P.
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Soo Line fan wrote: Welcome (back) to the forum!Jim
And he'll be gone again soon. Little Al has yet to learn that the Internet is turning into something with a long memory. All the trouble he's caused on this and other forums will continue to close doors to him in the future.
While his whole story about a phone call from MR was likely a fabrication, he probably would like to have his layout in MR someday. Does not seem likely given the way he's disrespected their forum again and again.
Parker you truly are a class act. Are you mad because you are not intelligent enough to pull off your sociopathic games without being caught?