Quote from: joe cassidy on January 30, 2016, 06:14:48 PM

Quote from: lil chris on January 29, 2016, 10:00:27 PM
I If our Mr Charles Fagg can write a article for the mag I might try my hand.

Congratulations Peter Charles Fagg on getting your article published, and bravo for mentioning this forum twice in the article and getting that past the censor's red pencil 

Best regards,


Joe

Thank you, the article did suffer a little with some of my wording as did my mention of "The "N" Gauge Forum", reduced in length but that is what happens!

For years I wrote articles in the "Woodturning" Magazine (Guild of Master Craftsmen publication) and it was rare for articles of 2000 words and more not to suffer from  being truncated.

Glad you enjoyed my meagre offering, warmest regards, Peter.

Quote from: railsquid on January 30, 2016, 03:13:20 PM

Whoops... suggestion to the NGS membership admins: email out a membership renewal reminder. I appear to be lapsed.

Hello Railsquid

You are due to renew next month (Feb) and if the distributors have done their job there should be a renewal reminder form with your copy of journal 1/16 which is on its way to you.  Also, as an aide memoire, your renewal date is printed on your journal address sheets.

You don't have to wait for the form, you can renew online at www.ngsjoin.com whenever it's convenient.

Cheers!

Mike Bloomfield, NGS Mem.Sec.

QuoteFor years I wrote articles in the "Woodturning" Magazine (Guild of Master Craftsmen publication) and it was rare for articles of 2000 words and more not to suffer from  being truncated.

A man of many talents!

Thank you for submitting an article Peter, I for one was impressed with your panel and would like to read a follow-up article on how it performs on your layout 

Skyline2uk

Quote from: memsek on January 31, 2016, 11:04:33 AM

Quote from: railsquid on January 30, 2016, 03:13:20 PM

Whoops... suggestion to the NGS membership admins: email out a membership renewal reminder. I appear to be lapsed.

Hello Railsquid

You are due to renew next month (Feb) and if the distributors have done their job there should be a renewal reminder form with your copy of journal 1/16 which is on its way to you.  Also, as an aide memoire, your renewal date is printed on your journal address sheets.

You don't have to wait for the form, you can renew online at www.ngsjoin.com whenever it's convenient.

Cheers!

Mike Bloomfield, NGS Mem.Sec.

Oh, excellent, I thought it had been more than a year, thanks! I'll start camping out by the letter box then

My copy arrived just as I was setting out to go to London via Brighton. Joined my wife on the Brighton to Victoria train and when she started to look at the paper, I got out the journal to glance through. "You can't read that in public", she said, as if it was a girly magazine. However, she was joking so I enjoyed the latest journal all the way to Victoria. I like the format and content.

In the last couple of weeks I've motorised a turntable using the 'Arduino' board, as outlined in the December issue of the Society Journal, and done the whole thing for under £40: not bad for a a fully motorised turntable.

Roger

Quote from: railsquid on January 31, 2016, 11:12:42 AM
Oh, excellent, I thought it had been more than a year, thanks!

I kept lapsing ... in the end I muttered "Buggrit !" & did a 5-year renewal 

Quote from: Tank on January 30, 2016, 09:08:00 PM
What would be nice is to find out why we were missed, and perhaps include a page in the next Journal to inform NGS members?  I have tried many times to include an advertisement in the Journal, but it has never come to fruition.

Apparently all you have to do is search this forum as it's been rehashed here "countless times." 

My copy arrived today  .I have not had a proper look yet but I did notice something - one thing I will not be doing when my renewal comes up is renewing for life! The subscription is £16 for one year and £240 for 'Life'; Family Membership is £2 for one year and £30 for 'Life'; overseas postage for me is £8 per year and £120 for 'Life'. Have you noticed anything yet? 'Life'  is only 15 years - I know I am approaching pensionable age, but I want to live more than 15  years!    . David.

Having been following this thread, I was aware that our esteemed member PCF had an article in the latest NGS journal.

Here at the Antipodes, the postman doesn't come until about 2pm (well at least where I live), and of course we don't have letterboxes in our front doors. The letterbox is out at the top of the drive near the road. So I when I checked yesterday afternoon, I was happy to find NGS journal 1/16 sitting in there with the usual wildlife (spiders).

As soon as I had it open back in the house, I turned straight to the contents page. Although I couldn't see Peter's name anywhere, when I saw "I Think I Can" I thought that's gotta be Peter! So I turned immediately to page 38!

Well done, Peter. Great article and photos, and thanks for mentioning the NGF and Malc! 

George

Had the opportunity to read it from cover to cover over the past couple of days and have to agree that it is much improved over the content of 2 years ago. Although the NGF was missing from the suppliers' supplement there was plenty of NGF input.

One curious thing that did strike me was the extra publicity given to DJModels. As well as being featured in the Mermaid article, and the listing of announced models not yet delivered, DJModels also got a special mention in the Warley report. Whereas other suppliers only had a brief item on what they displayed, for DJModels who did not display at all there was an extra plug for the planned Class 17, Class 23 and J94. Well done to the Editor for slipping in that extra mention.

Quote from: Bealman on February 09, 2016, 12:51:26 AM
Having been following this thread, I was aware that our esteemed member PCF had an article in the latest NGS journal.

Here at the Antipodes, the postman doesn't come until about 2pm (well at least where I live), and of course we don't have letterboxes in our front doors. The letterbox is out at the top of the drive near the road. So I when I checked yesterday afternoon, I was happy to find NGS journal 1/16 sitting in there with the usual wildlife (spiders).

As soon as I had it open back in the house, I turned straight to the contents page. Although I couldn't see Peter's name anywhere, when I saw "I Think I Can" I thought that's gotta be Peter! So I turned immediately to page 38!

Well done, Peter. Great article and photos, and thanks for mentioning the NGF and Malc! 

George

George, thank you for your kind words, I just wish I had more interesting things to write about as for the NGF and Malc, credit where credit is due!

Warmest regards, Peter.

Quote from: MacRat on January 31, 2016, 10:32:39 AM

Quote from: joe cassidy on January 30, 2016, 09:47:31 PM
So why didn't the NGS journal mention the NGF website in their list of useful sites ?

A call for commission of inquiry would have to be formally requested to the NGS committee with a list of backers, I guess. I'm not going to check the procedure, because -effort-.

I go with "it's an oversight" until stated otherwise.

Because Mr Editor is not welcome here, at a rough guess.

I took exception to the tone of his comments on the mermaid article aimed at me. Oh look DJM's are now delayed with no word as to for how long.

In the competition section 2 kits were quoted as N'Tastic Shop kits, when he knows full well one was a Mill Lane Sidings Kit and  the other County Rolling Stock. When I closed N'Tastic Shop certain people seem to have maliciously spread the world that County Rolling Stock was closing despite what I said.

The sudden in crease of 2mm fine scale articles was also noticeable and will only increase.

Comments below refer to how much free publicity DJM seem to get, yet have manufactured nothing in N Gauge yet.

Rant over........................

Quote from: Formerly NtasticShop on February 09, 2016, 11:10:01 AM
I took exception to the tone of his comments on the mermaid article aimed at me. Oh look DJM's are now delayed with no word as to for how long.

In the competition section 2 kits were quoted as N'Tastic Shop kits, when he knows full well one was a Mill Lane Sidings Kit and  the other County Rolling Stock. When I closed N'Tastic Shop certain people seem to have maliciously spread the world that County Rolling Stock was closing despite what I said.

Comments below refer to how much free publicity DJM seem to get, yet have manufactured nothing in N Gauge yet.

Funny I read the same issue and didn't think there was any digs at you and that there were some pointed comments about DJM!

I'm not sure that confusing N'Tastic and CRS is deliberate (or malicious)!

Cheers, Mike

Quote from: red_death on February 09, 2016, 12:13:49 PM

Quote from: Formerly NtasticShop on February 09, 2016, 11:10:01 AM
I took exception to the tone of his comments on the mermaid article aimed at me. Oh look DJM's are now delayed with no word as to for how long.

In the competition section 2 kits were quoted as N'Tastic Shop kits, when he knows full well one was a Mill Lane Sidings Kit and  the other County Rolling Stock. When I closed N'Tastic Shop certain people seem to have maliciously spread the world that County Rolling Stock was closing despite what I said.

Comments below refer to how much free publicity DJM seem to get, yet have manufactured nothing in N Gauge yet.

Funny I read the same issue and didn't think there was any digs at you and that there were some pointed comments about DJM!

I'm not sure that confusing N'Tastic and CRS is deliberate (or malicious)!

Cheers, Mike

I can read it in context of comments made elsewhere as well ( http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/102639-county-rolling-stock-kickstarter-n-gauge-rtr-mermaid/ see post 24). This is as he took my money for an advert in the NGS Journal while thinking the astute would not back it as DJM is working on one.
I also get other comments and feedback about CRS still existing, muddying the water does not help. I am not surprised your the first to respond in his defense.

I have said my view from where I sit, it will be interesting to see the line up of the new 2mm Society sorry I meant N Gauge Society committee.

Please not that the address given in the magazine's suppliers booklet for Etched Pixels/Ultima Models is wrong. It's 18 months out of date and nothing sent there will arrive at anything but what is now becoming a set of cheap one bedroom flats.