TarheelRick Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 By chance is SA forum under construction? I have been unable to open it for three days.
RAT-T Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SMC SITE
TarheelRick Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 I just tried and can open the magazine site, but the forum site keeps timing out.
Classicgas Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 Both Scale Auto and FSM's forums seem to be unavailable. FSM was up for awhile yesterday.
Deuces Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 4 hours ago, RAT-T said: I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SMC SITE I used to be a moderator on smc.... I haven't been on there for a few years... Maybe I should sign up again.....
iamsuperdan Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 4 hours ago, vamach1 said: There are other forums? ? I remember being on the SA one for a bit. Was a ghost town. Maybe it's different now, but I can't be bothered to check. I'm happy here.
oldcarfan Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 I had the same issue last night. I assumed it was a problem with my computer! LOL
Snake45 Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 3 hours ago, iamsuperdan said: I remember being on the SA one for a bit. Was a ghost town. Maybe it's different now, but I can't be bothered to check. I'm happy here. Me too. Checked it out a couple weeks ago and nowhere near the traffic they had 6 or 8 years ago.
SfanGoch Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 The format sucks. Like Staten island, they're stuck in a time warp.
StevenGuthmiller Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 5 hours ago, iamsuperdan said: I remember being on the SA one for a bit. Was a ghost town. Maybe it's different now, but I can't be bothered to check. I'm happy here. It hasn't changed much. Lots of crickets and tumble weeds. Steve
slusher Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, SfanGoch said: The format sucks. They kept changing it so I have not been over there in a few years....
Danno Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 15 hours ago, iamsuperdan said: I remember being on the SA one for a bit. Was a ghost town. Maybe it's different now, but I can't be bothered to check. I'm happy here. Dittos! Hadn’t been in there in a long, long time. Checked in a couple of times during the past month but found it desolate - very little traffic or meaningful content. Really downhill since that one particular editor. ?
Snake45 Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Danno said: Really downhill since that one particular editor. ? "I just love editing!" said that editor.
randyc Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 I like the way this one is organized much better. I can see EVERY car model that interests me, whether finshed or in stages without having to guess which subforum it is parked in. I hope the new folks there can continue the magazine in a good manner, but I would gladly drop it in favor of MCM if MCM gets back to a regular schedule. I NEEED that paper copy every other month. Still old skool in that. Buththis seems to be the more popular forum. And I know everyone's name on here that contributes regularly.
mikemodeler Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 59 minutes ago, randyc said: I like the way this one is organized much better. I can see EVERY car model that interests me, whether finshed or in stages without having to guess which subforum it is parked in. I hope the new folks there can continue the magazine in a good manner, but I would gladly drop it in favor of MCM if MCM gets back to a regular schedule. I NEEED that paper copy every other month. Still old skool in that. Buththis seems to be the more popular forum. And I know everyone's name on here that contributes regularly. I think many of us would agree that this forum has more traffic and meaningful information than the SA forum. Sadly, as Danno pointed out, a previous editor/moderator of the SA forum did a lot of harm and drove away many good people there with his management style. Rules are a little bit looser here (unless you point out the lack of a magazine) and for the most part it tends to be a place where ideas, tips and information about the hobby are shared openly. As far as a magazine, Gregg has his work cut out for himself to get MCM back on a regular schedule. It's been discussed at length so I won't bring up the history but will say that as much as some people want a hard copy to hold in their hands, Gregg has a better chance of success if he goes the digital route.
Bugatti Fan Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) I can get Scale Auto and Fine Scale Modeler regularly off the shelf here in the uk. The SA forum has less traffic than this one, granted, but I tend to browse both in any case. They have new editorship from what I can gather. New ideas and outlook and their moderators seem to be a bit more relaxed than before. Edited October 5, 2019 by Bugatti Fan
Joe Handley Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 I noticed what Noel said in the last few I've read, I stopped going on their and buying the magazine after the editor they had at the time lambasted somebody (a young builder too, IIRC) for taking the Revell Civic Si kit and made it RWD with the A-833 and 8 3/4" from a B-Body kit.
stitchdup Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 I haven't been on there since someone got annoyed at my using british spelling, so for my next post I linked every word to the oxford english dictionary and got banned, lol
OldNYJim Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 I used to post on there years ago - back when they had a rule banning more than three photos per post (apparently to save their bandwidth) I photoshopped 4 larger photos into one regular-sized-image to further help save their bandwidth and got banned for “circumventing the rules” ???
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 19 hours ago, CabDriver said: I used to post on there years ago - back when they had a rule banning more than three photos per post (apparently to save their bandwidth) I photoshopped 4 larger photos into one regular-sized-image to further help save their bandwidth and got banned for “circumventing the rules” ??? Seriously? Wow, what a bunch of Nazis! I post there occasionally, but have not encountered any of these stupid rules. I just spend little time there because days can pass with no new posts. Steve
Madd Trucker Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 I quit posting there when they deleted my truck photos saying they didn't meet their standards then two weeks later got a post card want me to subscribe I sent it back saying on it no longer interested
Joe Handley Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Does the three picture thing still exist over there?
Rodent Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 I stopped visiting when they made the format change. It's too much of a PITA to just see the new posts in a thread. Plus, I got tired of the whiners and bullies. The three picture rule was for the folks on dialup (is that still a thing?) IIRC.
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