Dave Ambrose

Gregg still has an account on the forum. He will be welcome to read, post, and comment as he sees fit.

There's also no oil leak on the front cover. 🙂 Looks very nice, and quite realistic.

All your content will transfer to the new site. There's a lot of irreplaceable content on this site, and it would be a real shame to lose it.

I'm not at liberty to discuss any Model Car Magazine financials. I can say that the forum was started as outreach, a way for the magazine to connect with its readers, and offers a way to support the model car community. It was never intended to be a profit-making business entity. The new company is organized as a for-profit enterprise. While non-profits have some advantages, being a nonprofit would limit the types of partnerships we can use to support this community. That said, nobody is expecting to get rich from this venture. The profits we get will be put back into the forum and website to make them more valuable. When Gregg started this forum, it worked with Model Cars Magazine to promote the hobby and provide a place for people to share challenges, find solutions, and also share what they've built. It's evolved a lot although it still fulfills its original purpose. But, the world around us has changed. The magazine and the forum need to go in different directions, hence the spin-off. Our goal is to foster a great resource for modelers. Emphasis on car models, but most of what we do here is readily applicable to other modeling genres. We're also dedicated to keeping the essential content accessible to all.

B&N does not carry MCM. We looked at it a while back and the costs are prohibitive.

Me neither, but it’s a sensible thing to do.

I approved it. It contained an email address which set off the moderation.

Sadly, no. There's no way to restore your previous state. On the upside, you'll find out what's actually being discussed.

Gregg will have to answer those questions, because I don't know.

This is beautiful.

Cobra chicken. This man is brilliant.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope your day is filled with venial gluttony, friends, and family.

There are several reasons we went with Makers. The main one is confusion with an existing brand.

Gregg's auction site was emodelcars.com Enabling some kind of classified sales section is under discussion. There's a lot of background work that needs to be completed before that can happen.

All the current content will be coming with us to the new location. Nice and civil are foundational principles here. They will NOT be going away.

Nope. 100% real.

In short, yes. Basically, we'll be renaming the forum and going forward, we'll be independent from the magazine. All the logins and content will remain, but will be at a new address.

Ah, that would be me. 😁 We're retaining our capable group of moderators. No, it unequivocally did not.

The modelcarsmag.com/forum address will work for at least the next three years.

Dear Friends, This forum started in July of 2007. At that time, it was run by Harry Pristovnik and Gregg Hutchings as part of Model Cars Magazine. I signed on as technical help in 2009. Harry was our primary community manager until he fell ill, at which point I stepped in as community manager. I've been in that role ever since with major help from our moderators. Gregg and I have agreed that it's time for the forum to start a new chapter in its life. Going forward, this forum will operate independently of Model Cars Magazine. We believe this will be best for both entities. Model Cars Magazine can concentrate on being its best, and we can explore new ideas. What happens next? We will be changing our name to Model Car Makers and I am resigning as Managing Editor to devote my attention to this forum. Our current moderation team will remain and we don't anticipate any major policy changes. Our rules of conduct have worked well in fostering a supportive, welcoming, and valuable community. We will continue working hard to keep it that way. The biggest change is that we'll be moving to a new web address. Modelcarmakers.com is online and the rest of the forum will be migrating there soon. Any internal and external links to the forum will be automatically redirected to the new forum for a few years. Eventually, you'll want to transition your bookmarks to the new site and we'll let you know when to make that change. We'll be working out some other technical matters, but this will be the biggest change. The forum will likely be offline for a day or two while we relocate to its new home and we'll announce that event ahead of time. We've been talking about new features and improvements to the forum for a while. We'll start implementing them after we get the forum settled on its new server. I want to close by thanking all of you for being an essential part of our community. We have a fun and challenging hobby. It deserves to be shared, and we're honored to be one of the vehicles for doing that. Happy building, Dave Ambrose

Absolutely! We'll be migrating the forum intact to a new home.

Today, Gregg Hutchings, and Dave Ambrose issued the following statement: Over the years, the forum has grown into a fantastic community and gained its own identity. Rather than stifle this amazing community, Model Cars Magazine has chosen to embrace it and allow the forum to grow into its own and best serve its current needs. This also allows the magazine to focus its energy into what it does best: bringing you great model car content in print. What’s going to change? The forum will be moving to a new web address, modelcarmakers.com. The forum leadership that you've grown to know and trust will remain the same but will now be the ones running the show. The forum may still do collaborations with Model Cars Magazine, but we'll have our own website with content crafted especially for Model Car Makers. Gregg Hutchings and his team will concentrate on bringing you top quality articles and show coverage. Dave Ambrose is leaving the magazine to head up Model Car Makers. For further information, please direct your inquiries to info@modelcarmakers.com or Gregg@modelcarsmag.com.

Invision has hardened their code. The standard rule stack on the server contains the filter, and I can't completely disable it for other reasons. I can do a more selective bypass though.

Those are some interesting points. Seems like Round 2 would want to help develop those markets. Not much they can do about the currency exchange tho. There used to be a lot of non-tariff barriers to imports in Japan but I don't know if those are still in effect. I wonder if they could find an in-country retailer to carry their products, and reduce the cost to consumers?

My mistake. You are correct.