It has been four years since I joined this group. In that time, these are the forum users I have come to know.
I know this is not an exhaustive list, and compiling it has been quite the effort.
If I missed anyone that should be included, please respond, and I will add you in. Lurkers… I especially would like to know about people that follow our discussions, but rarely post… please raise your hand.
I hope people enjoy seeing us all in one place. I think this is an interesting yearbook page.
That would be cool because I don’t know how to do that kind of stuff.
I may just go to the drawing board in between my bridge confusion when I get flustered and need a break[(-D]
My daughter is quite talented with her fantasy drawings she does on her computer program. They are quite impressive. Maybe she might want to help me out.
Thanks for the sample. That is a really cool album cover[Y]
I recently tested the ‘avatar-uploading’ function, and it worked quite nicely on a very obsolescent browser and computer, apparently including the ‘rescaling’ and resizing functions. If anyone needs help with de-weebling (or getting a real character instead of one of those default cartoons) we can help.
I didnt see my avater in the yearbook, and I would love to be included in it, as its nearly been a year since March 2020 when I first joined the forums.
When the Forums were new and the whole idea of being able to chat with and learn from fellow modelers seemed so exciting, there was something of a craze for organizing Forum member get-togethers. I attended them at Trainfest in Milwaukee (where folks from Kalmbach would join us for a group photo, a tradition that continued until just a couple of years ago), the Mad City show in Madison WI, and Galesburg Railroad Days in Galesburg IL. I believe similar get togethers were held at other large train shows around the country.
Eventually Kalmbach’s moderator in charge of the Forums, Erik “Bergie” Bergstrom, arranged for the creation of “Forum Member” T shirts with the idea that we’d wear them when railfanning or at train shows or railroad events and you were supposed to introduce yourself to your fellow Forum member. It worked that way for a while and I did indeed meet a number of Forum members from all over while wearing that T shirt, which I still have.
I even went railfanning with Bergie a few times and that is how my back view and that of two railfan buddies ended up on the cover of a Trains magazine pamphlet that was a promotional offer for new subscribers for years and years: the three of us are standing in a photo line while an Amtrak train approaches at Duplianville WI. It was a “proud” moment when Kathi Kube of the Trains staff asked for my autograph on her copy of that pamphlet, and specifically asked that I autograph it across my rear end. If the picture were retakn now there’d be even more space for the autograph that’s for sure. Jelly donuts being what they are and all.
