I’m completely with you on that point. While I would enjoy the occasional toy train or garden railroad stories, if they come at the expense of the already-too-minimal current content, I would be dropping my subscription as well.
But for now I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt in rolling these all back together. If done right it will enhance the magazine, in my opinion.
Has Firecrown indicated that it is considering the merger of MR, CTT and GR into one magazine?
It is one thing to integrate the 5 topics into one forum where the content is still separate. It is quite another to integrate three completely different modeling concepts into one magazine. You get a little of everything and not much of anything. It sounds like a bad idea, but I have to question whether Firecrown is even considering such a move.
Rich
A ridiculous proposal from a Japanese modeler, part 5
Warning: This magazine could dramatically change your life
When I was young, I was a patriotic nationalist. So I loved only models that were unique to Japan. They had a unique “look” of our country. Yes, they were rooted in our culture and fit our tastes. I was familiar with them on a daily basis and knew their history well. I had mountains of materials, and products were abundantly distributed.
On the other hand, what about North American and European models? They are immediately distinguishable from Japanese ones. They are, so to speak, different. I couldn’t help but wonder why Japanese magazines published them. If I could, I would have cut out those pages and thrown them away.
Under such circumstances, in 1993, I visited the United States for the first time. It was for 13 days. And I encountered P40, No. 801 at Union Station in Washington DC.
In the process, I went through all the Japanese magazines I had stored for decades. I found tons of articles that I had never been interested in, and it was a treasure trove. I was really glad I didn’t throw them away. I also made an index of all the articles. The glossary I compiled for fans contains over 3000 words.
What I want to say is that even if an article is not good for you now, it is not a waste. You may need the contents of it someday in your long life. That’s what I’m trying to say.
As I said before, a limited diet is harmful to your health and does not contribute to the growth of the parts of your body you want. Balance is important.
I think that “siloization” has many problems, such as not being able to benefit from the ideas of others and being prone to going in the wrong direction. And, interacting with people with different knowledge and experiences is just as fun as talking with friends of the same kind.
This proposed merger could end up like the pro football adage, “if you have two quarterbacks you have none”.
Regards, Chris
Chris, the Japanese proverb you gave would be “Too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain.” It probably corresponds to “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
However, what I’m looking for is a way to BREAK “form silos,” “echo chamber,” “insular mindset,” “sectionalism,” and “compartmentalization.”
BN, which you also love, was formed by merging GN, NP, CB&Q, and SP&S, right? And it wasn’t because there were four quarterbacks, but because they harmonized as a whole, which is what made it a competitive railroad.
That is the “Aufheben” that Hegel spoke of. I’m speaking across the Pacific because I have a different opinion from everyone here. I want you to consider it from a different perspective and reach a better result.
First, please understand my argument. After incorporating it, please present your excellent idea. I sincerely ask you to do so.
As Strother Martin says in Cool Hand Luke, “what we’ve got here is failure to communicate!”
Regards, Chris
