...but will admin allow a RTR section? I think that’s the crux of the matter.
Ditto - or "me too", but maybe I shouldn't really say that!!I never look at the sections except when starting a new thread. When I look at WT I always click on ‘Recent Posts’ and read any, usually all, that are highlighted. Which means they have been updated since my last visit.
Ian.
Sailing close to the wind there mate!!(Can we have some RTR British outline S please?)
PS That wasn't a wishlist........
I just want to add that we should remember that if it wasn't for @Adrian this Forum would no longer even exist, as he stepped up to the mark after Cynric passed. The recent thread Over There* about Advertising & funding reminded me of this fact, since there has never been mention of funding on here, or the metaphorical Begging Bowl passed round - so let's none of us ever take that for granted.
Absolutely.Adrian both funds WT and carries out all of the technical administration, and in my estimation he has done the best possible job in stewarding WT since Cynric's sad passing
Thank you for that timely post Jordan.
Having spent a day wrestling with steel in the garden, I am to say the least surprised to see how this thread has developed in my absence.
A few thoughts then:
RTR is clearly and definitely not "banned" in any way, but this is foremost and unashamedly a modelling forum, so pictures of a brand new model out of the box plonked on to plain track is possibly a bit "non WT".
Actually, it is also a railway modelling forum Graham, so whilst anything goes and there are no "rules", if I really want to explore Focke Wulfs in detail then I'll be going somewhere else to do it. This place is fundamentally here for the trains.
If one finds a thread that one doesn't entirely understand, does one need to feel threatened by this? No, of course not - there are many threads on WT that make no sense to me whatsoever!
Some of us are being, dare I say it, over sensitive. Nobody is being told to go away, nobody is being told they are unwelcome, all that is being discussed is what we put up on to Western Thunder. That is all.
I struggle to see anything that I have written above that goes against this. I guess you could interpret what has been written in a certain way and get upset about it if you really wanted to. But why would you need to do that?
I understood what Larry meant in his deleted post, I thought he was making a very good point, and at his own expense to boot. Nothing to get upset about there.
As for "pecking orders" - for heavens sake where on earth does anyone get that idea from? There just isn't one.
Personally I quite like the odd thread about where we are and where are we going, and in all conscience I can not see anything in the preceding four pages that ought to upset anyone.
If you find it upsetting, well don't read it. If you find WT not to your liking, then post something you like and change it in that way. But please try not to threaten to leave because you have been somehow discouraged or offended, because the chorus of "please stay mate"s is even more tedious than reading wish lists.
If that offends you, then just put it down to me being an irrascible old sod and move on OK?
A final thought about the hierarchy/pecking order nonsense.
One of the things that happened to WT after Cynric went was that it was "adopted" quite heavily by Scaleseven modellers, to the extent that one at times felt that it was all a bit of a promotional tool for Scaleseven and exactitude in general. As a result of which, rightly or wrongly, WT sadly lost several highly valued members who had been a core part of the forum hitherto, albeit the whole shebang was still quite young at the time.
So no, there is no "pecking order" or hierarchy, and wearing a hair shirt will just give you nasty rash and is no sort of requirement for participation in WT.
Finally, I'd like to quote Jordan:
Adrian both funds WT and carries out all of the technical administration, and in my estimation he has done the best possible job in stewarding WT since Cynric's sad passing.
What we put up on WT is important, for all sorts of reasons as have been demonstrated above, and I stick to my thought that we should, by and large, endeavour to post stuff that will add to the value of the forum.
Simon
Merry Christmas Jonte, in fact merry Christmas to you all.
John
Hi DJP/MMP,Phew! As a possibly soon to be extinct low life kit manufacturer, but with a few last gasps left hopefully, I’ll add my two cents worth.
It might be worth remembering that way back at the very beginning, this forum was born out of the demise of the original MIGO (modern image gauge 0) forum. But things change. There never would have been enough interest in the post steam era - which is not modern anyway - to sustain such a forum, and so it did evolve under Cynric’s guidance.
With the advent of more RTR in 7mm the forum has again changed. Initially it was 7mm only too. And that has changed. So - what’s the big deal?
I’m a kit manufacturer, but one of the threads that gives me the greatest pleasure on here is Geoff’s GWR branch line thread. Mostly RTR in terms of locos and stock, and GWR - neither are great interests of mine - but his layout takes you right ‘there’, and in my book that is a tremendous achievement.
And the what’s on your workbench thread too. Let’s see some aircraft on it if that is what is on your workbench. We learn from other branches of the hobby. We have very much to learn from military modellers in the fields of painting and weathering.
More than anything though it is a hobby for pity’s sake! We are supposed to be adults.
We are not carrying the burden of saving either individual lives or the planet itself. We are simply meant to be pursuing a hobby that gives us pleasure. And if you gain pleasure from posting your work on this forum then just take pleasure in that - feedback or not. Why must it be any more complex than this? The forum has, as l have said above, changed beyond recognition. It has its own life now and will continue to change.
We must all stand by the decisions we take in life. You could say I’m a fool (no hang on - don’t!) investing in a large range of kits with the ABS stuff, as well as my own home grown ranges, at a time when kit building is in decline. I feel though that I’ve got enough interesting ideas on how to make them more relevant to the present for the effort to be successful, both creatively and financially. Only time will tell if I’m right.
And if I’m wrong l won’t whinge about it - I’ll just spend more time watching the red kites, herons, badgers and reptiles on my land and carry on creating my wild flower meadow!
DJP/MMP
Hi DJP/MMP,
Do you ever intend to reintroduce your excellent range of Modern Motive Power Diesel Kits or has the 7mm modern traction ready to run revolution made this financially unviable?
Best regards,
Matt.