45 replies to this topic

[Harry P.]

All joking aside, I am thinking that do you need a printed / CNC section if you want to be the forum that grows that content.  My 2¢, or at this point 4¢

 

A good idea, but maybe not quite yet. I think at this point it's still a bit "out there" to the average forum member.

[Harry P.]

I am NASCAR fan and I love having my own section , but I love other types of race cars as well,  I dont like drag racing, but I am willing to deal with drag car threads to have a section that is for everything motor sports,  I am 100% supporting having a competition section

 

I think that might be the cleanest dividing line: Motorsport and Non-motorsport. That pretty much covers all possibilities (or at least almost all!).

[Harry P.]

I hope my 1/43 scale car didn't start this. 

 

This is all Skip's fault. He started it!  

[martinfan5]

 

I think that might be the cleanest dividing line: Motorsport and Non-motorsport. That pretty much covers all possibilities (or at least almost all!).

Like you said, motorsports, it covers it all,  I have some kits coming, well as soon as the clear customs, that could use a new motorsports section

Edited by martinfan5, 21 January 2013 - 05:54 PM.

[Johnny]

There will always be WAY more Drag Racing and Nascar builds than any other competition car.

Why not just leave those two alone and add a third "Other Copetition". While it may seem they are being slighted, they really aren't.

There just isn't enought of each of the others to warrant a separate section.

 

Bad enough the mess the trucks section was made into.

 

99% of Pickups are not commercial and should have been left with the cars as they are more daily drivers than not!

[plowboy]

 

Won't work that way because we already have a separate Trucks section that's not going to go away, so no combining cars and trucks. We had this whole "we want a separate Truck section" conversation a long time ago... that's why model cars have their section and model trucks have their section. If we were to have just one section for cars and trucks and "other" models, your suggestion would be the way to go... but it's been decided that cars and trucks and "all the rest" should each get their own dedicated area of the forum.

 

What I'm talking about is reconfiguring just the model cars section, not touching any other areas.

 

They would still be separated. What I was suggesting is have a workbench and under glass with sub sections. All of the workbench threads would be in one area,but still separate. Same with underglass. Finished builds,but separated by category.  

[Harry P.]

But what I'm saying is that we already have a separate Truck section with both in progress and Under Glass sub-sections. So why would we now add trucks back into the cars section?

 

The Truck section is the Truck section, and the Car section is the Car section. Again... I'm talking about straightening out the car section, not touching the truck section.

[W-409]

I agree with 1320Wayne on this. Most of my builds are in the Drag Section, and there are other great builds updated almost daily, easy to follow and alot of fun to follow. If all Motorsport categories will be put together, well, there will be a lot of Drag builds, but they are not as easy to follow as they are now. I think it should be left as it is, If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It.

 

But..... I do agree with Harry, too. I don't understand why Drag Racing Models and NASCARS have own specific sections. Of course it's good for me and other Drag/NASCAR Builders, though.

[Bob Turner]

All joking aside, I am thinking that do you need a printed / CNC section if you want to be the forum that grows that content.  My 2¢, or at this point 4¢

 

 This forum grow anything!?! From the reactions made by the "grumpy old men" in the 3D printing thread, (something i do find interesting & know is going to be here soon, no matter what neanderthals like to think), & from the reactions in this thread by people who don't want their little corner of the forum changed, the likelihood of this forum growing anything is about the same as Ted Nugent becoming a member of PETA.......... 

 

With the insistence of the majority here on cheap models, cutting corners & a refusal to accept that things do change & are doing so, the only thing this place grows is moss.

 

I think Harry's idea is a good solution, even with the minor differences he & I have had, but you can see how the denizens of the tar pit view & are threatened by it. If implemented, the amount of griping & whining that would ensue would produce enough energy to power a small city.

Edited by Bob Turner, 22 January 2013 - 02:32 AM.

[tubbs]

I want to delete the Drag and NASCAR categories altogether.

 

Then I would like to rework the Model Cars Workbench and Under Glass categories like this:

 

On the Workbench: Stock, Street Rod/Hot Rod, Show/Custom

Under Glass: Stock, Street Rod/Hot Rod, Show/Custom

 

On the Workbench; Competition (NASCAR, Drag, F1, Indy, dirt track, etc.)

Under Glass: Competition (NASCAR, Drag, F1, Indy, dirt track, etc.)

 

 

I never understood why we have a "generic" Workbench and Under Glass section where I assume all types of model cars can go, but then we also have separate areas for only two specific types of car models in addition to "On the Workbench" and "Under Glass."

hey Harry, i do not mind any type of breakdown for the under glass catagory, but for me, i would like to see the workbench catagory stay the way it is. reason being that i, sad to say, do not visit too many catagories. with all the builds in one area, i have checked out a lot of builds i normally would have missed. then, if i like the build i can find it in the under glass section. does that make an sense....

[Michigan Madman]

 

From the reactions made by the "grumpy old men" in the 3D printing thread, (something i do find interesting & know is going to be here soon, no matter what neanderthals like to think

What do you  mean it's 'going to be here soon'? It's already here... making all those guys crying about it all the more amusing.

[Burnout]

I don't know, but drag racing might just be the most popular genre in model building so having it's own category doesn't seem so farfetched.

If you lump drag racing into one big competition category then, this forum will be just like that other forum.

[sjordan2]

Unlike the other forum, having both Workbench and Under Glass categories would make it much more user-friendly, without having to wade through page after page to find where WIP ends and finished build begins.

[Harry P.]

Gregg has told me that he wants to keep the Drag and NASCAR sections as is.

 

So there you go. Things will stay as is.

[Scale-Master]

If people would do a good job of properly titling their posts to indicate to others what is actually in those posts, all that would be needed for all automotive themed posts is In-Progress and Under Glass.

All those “where do I post this” questions would be resolved. 

(“Where do I put my 1/43^rd scale Drag Bike made with Die-Cast parts that sits on a Semi Tractor & Trailer that was modified from a School Bus?”)  Is it finished or in-progress?  Not hard to figure out.

 

No scale issues, no subject matter issues.

 

It’s not as if the subjects are in competition, so they can all be shared together if properly titled. Let the viewer’s decide what they want to look at.

Might free Harry up from shuffling things into different categories, and then explaining why… 

But that just might be simply too logical...

[NormL]

I had the assumption that most of you have that drag racing and Nascar are the most popular types of motorsports on the forum.  So, I did a little test and at the main forum I typed in some test words and looked at the number of responses.  They are in reverse order:

1. Cycle  146
2. Formula   144
3. Racing   137
4. Drag   130
5. IMSA   124
6. Nascar   104
7. Lotus   099
8. 3D print 093

This proves nothing, but, it is interesting.  The "Formula" responses did not look like some were pertinent.  Also the drag responses were slanted regarding clothing conversations   IMSA has to be specific and so does Lotus and Nascar.  FYI

Edited by NormL, 22 January 2013 - 07:22 AM.

[Burnout]

True. It proves nothing other than the word cycle, for example, is used 146 times throughout all the forums. Statistics for each category (topics and replies) are listed on the main forum page.

Edited by Burnout, 22 January 2013 - 07:34 AM.

[NormL]

Statistics for each category (topics and replies) are listed on the main forum page.

Yeah, fairly obvious.  That does not cover the various types of motorsports though.  If you ask me the returns are ridiculously low, but, one would hope that it is low for all equally.  Can't bet on that though.  It does point to popularity of other types other than the two that have their own forums.  I didn't think of a representative term for the motorcycle bunch other than cycle, which is why I used it.  I am sure there is spill over of other meanings in the return

[gtx6970]

Gregg has told me that he wants to keep the Drag and NASCAR sections as is.

 

So there you go. Things will stay as is.

I'm good with that

[lanesteele240]

how come when i made a post about ways to make the forum better i got jumped on by a certain forum moderator. then his thoughts were "i spend to much time moving post and being a baby sitter".

here he post the same type change i thought would be good to separate some builds form others.

I want to delete the Drag and NASCAR categories altogether.
 
Then I would like to rework the Model Cars Workbench and Under Glass categories like this:
 
On the Workbench: Stock, Street Rod/Hot Rod, Show/Custom
Under Glass: Stock, Street Rod/Hot Rod, Show/Custom
 
On the Workbench; Competition (NASCAR, Drag, F1, Indy, dirt track, etc.)
Under Glass: Competition (NASCAR, Drag, F1, Indy, dirt track, etc.)
 
 
I never understood why we have a "generic" Workbench and Under Glass section where I assume all types of model cars can go, but then we also have separate areas for only two specific types of car models in addition to "On the Workbench" and "Under Glass."

talking out both sides of your face there dirty harry?

Edited by lanesteele240, 22 January 2013 - 09:25 AM.