Questions

Good to see that a couple of posts in the last week have winkled a few more NZ120'ers out of the woodwork. And reports that there are upwards of 40 people that have been buying kits tends to suggest that there should be some photo's of all this modeling going on. Now I know that some (if not all) of you may be reluctant to publish photos of your work, especially given Kiwibonds latest Dx efforts. Just remember that we all started somewhere, and some of his early efforts were nothing to write home about either. Its more about seeing what others are up to in this modern communication age, and more importantly, seeing that 'if other people can do that, then so can I'. I'd like to point out that the Dx has now raised the bar in NZ120 modeling to a point were we can all comfortably walk under it, and I am. Time for all you annonymouse comtributers and lurkes to step out into the light. The suns quite nice...

Another thing that struck (well, maybe nudged) me the other night while reading the back and forward on another developing project by 'the lads'. So where are all the S scale and 9mm modelers blogs? What sort of developments are they engaged in or looking forward to. It must be hard for the average S scale modeler to have to wait 3 months for the journal to be feed crumbs or information, and possibly a picture if you are lucky. Contrast that with the information pipeline that we currently enjoy with up to the minute updates on projects in the works. Wee Duggie has posted photo's and info this morning over at NZ120.0rg of a Farish08 mech for his Drewry Ds project. The photo's and data suggest that it will do the job very well, being almost spot on in all the important dimensions. We don't see this in the larger scales at all. Is it because the 'older' generation regard the new technology as 'can't see the point in it' sort of thing. Personally I would like to see the guild move more into the online age, with something similar to what we currently have. Its not overly difficult (Wes might have a differing opinion on this) and would add to a modelers resources in being able to ask questions. All it takes is a group of guys with plenty of new ideas. Is there a shortage of these in the larger scale?

Just as another question. What does our reader (Hi mum) think about the current mix of items we have here? Is there anything people would like to see more of?