12-02-2011, 09:27 PM
I apologize for my absence of late. Life has a funny way of distracting us from our hobby pursuits.
So what the heck have I been up to? On a whim back when I finished the transfer slip I built up the nerve to send photos of my slip to Railroad Model Craftsman. I didn't think much of it until I received a reply from the editor of the magazine a couple months later who commented on how much he and the staff there loved the model and how I intended to use the model. What followed was an invitation to write and chronicle my build progress as I continue to work on the car float operations for my Kootenay Region Branch Line.
Sadly I have not had a lot of time to devout to the build progress. I have been spending a great deal of time doing trackwork and helping out with my club, something I am glad to do and its been a great experience for me. I could not have asked to join such a great bunch of guys.
However, I am slowly gearing up my creative juices and hope to have an article submitted by this spring with this portion of the layout completed. That said, I doubt I'll be able to share much of it here, at least not until its published. Which according to the editor should be Oct/Nov of 2012. He made no guarantees however I would be foolish to ignore the invitation to try and get my work published.
Needless to say, I'm very excited about this and can't wait to see if my efforts finally make it to print.
So what the heck have I been up to? On a whim back when I finished the transfer slip I built up the nerve to send photos of my slip to Railroad Model Craftsman. I didn't think much of it until I received a reply from the editor of the magazine a couple months later who commented on how much he and the staff there loved the model and how I intended to use the model. What followed was an invitation to write and chronicle my build progress as I continue to work on the car float operations for my Kootenay Region Branch Line.
Sadly I have not had a lot of time to devout to the build progress. I have been spending a great deal of time doing trackwork and helping out with my club, something I am glad to do and its been a great experience for me. I could not have asked to join such a great bunch of guys.
However, I am slowly gearing up my creative juices and hope to have an article submitted by this spring with this portion of the layout completed. That said, I doubt I'll be able to share much of it here, at least not until its published. Which according to the editor should be Oct/Nov of 2012. He made no guarantees however I would be foolish to ignore the invitation to try and get my work published.
Needless to say, I'm very excited about this and can't wait to see if my efforts finally make it to print.