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Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - Fluesheet - 05-28-2012
steinjr Wrote:Hi guys --
Got a nice surprise yesterday - an email from Joe Fugate over at Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine, with a question on whether I would agree to to letting them use some (like 14) of the small switching layout plans (and the comments on these plans) I had posted in various discussions on the MRH web forum plans for an article they were working on.
Smile,
Stein
Well deserved Stein. I'm still thankful for the help that you and others on this forum gave me when I was asking for help on my shelf layout design. A couple of plans that you drew up (I was astounded you took the time) really helped frame a better solution.
Coincidentally, I was over at MRH today (I don't get on to the forums much, less so on that one) trying to find my original post asking for help on the same shelf layout mentioned above. The conversation there stopped with the dreaded "first figure out what you want" question - a question that is very hard to answer when you're just kicking ideas around (or have no idea what you're doing).
Congratulations Stein,
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - nkp_174 - 05-29-2012
Congrats! It is exciting when someone notices your work!
I also received a message out of the blue, which led to me building a car as a "black" project for an article. They paid me for the article, but they haven't published it in the more than year since. Oh well. I'd really like to see it in print.
I probably spend more time each month reading MRH than MR, RMC, or the Gazette. I enjoy it. I look forward to seeing your plans in future editions!
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - steinjr - 06-03-2012
Goodness - that was very fast - seems like the article with my track plans already has been published in the June MRH (http://issuu.com/mr-hobbyist/docs/mrh12-06-jun2012-ol?viewMode=presentation&mode=embed&pageNumber=91).
Smile,
Stein
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - modelsof1900 - 06-03-2012
Stein, big compliments! A ver ynice description and really good plans. No, 10 and 10 are really good ideas - and unfortunately I don't own enough room for realizing one of them.
However again - really good work!
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - Herc Driver - 06-03-2012
Wonderful! What a really great thing to happen.
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - steinjr - 06-03-2012
Thank you, guys!
And congratulations on your new job, Mark. Not a bad word about the C-130 - she is one tough old lady, but driving a Citation X after a Hercules must be like swapping an 18-wheeler for a sports car.
Smile,
Stein
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - torikoos - 06-04-2012
Hi Stein, congrats on the article. I noticed it today, when I down loaded it, and saw the author. That reminded me to check back on Big Blue, as I've not been visiting lately, and I've got no excuse, so forgive my absence. :-)
Great stuff!
Koos
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - steinjr - 06-04-2012
torikoos Wrote:Hi Stein, congrats on the article. I noticed it today, when I down loaded it, and saw the author. That reminded me to check back on Big Blue, as I've not been visiting lately, and I've got no excuse, so forgive my absence. :-)
Great stuff!
Koos
Very nice to see you back, Koos!
The article wasn't really written by me as an article - it had been compiled by Joe Fugate from a number of extracted quotes from various discussions threads I had posted in on the MRH forum, bound together by comments by Joe Fugate.
I was supposed to get a chance to read it and comment on it before publication, but due to some misunderstanding that never happened. I don't feel like I was misquoted or misrepresented or anything like that, but I wish I had gotten the chance to (re)write the article as a whole, to make a more cohesive (IMO) argument about why small switching layouts are fun.
Still - it was nice of Joe to publish some of my track plans, and to offer kind comments on them.
Smile,
Stein
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - lajry - 06-05-2012
Stein
Your Brooklyn/New York harbor plan looks a little like the Los Angeles Junction Ry B Yard & Leads Switching Map. The notes are by Charlie Slater X LAJ/ATSF/BNSF conductor now retired. Have 21 other LAJ Switching Maps w/ Charlies notes. They are going to be a great help for switching my LAJ layout.
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - steinjr - 06-05-2012
Those switching notes are a great resource, Andy !
Smile,
Stein
Re: A nice offer I couldn't refuse - lajry - 06-05-2012
steinjr Wrote:Those switching notes are a great resource, Andy !
Smile,
Stein
Thankfully only have room for the A Yard & 4 leads and all very compressed! Will only do about 4 spurs on the attached Horn Lead. That lead is so big a whole layout could be made out of it.