Bugatti Fan Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 I generally use both this forum and the Scale Motorcars forums. Recently I have been having problems with using the Scale Motorcars forum. It seems to take ages to log on to and is very slow when accessing threads and posts. My computer is bang up to date, so no problems on that score. Have any of you guys also been having problems with their website when accessing it? It would appear that their server is getting a bit clunky, slow and sometimes unreliable. I use their site mainly because they are into scratch builds and larger sca!e stuff, and this one for more universal car modelling reference for kit based models.
youpey Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 i just tried the site and its not loading for me. my computer is 1 month old, so i doubt its me either
Russell C Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/general-discussion/ Never heard of the site, found that link in a Google search. I can at least minimally vouch for it taking multiple minutes for a page to load, with some clicks there stopping at a mostly blank "Database error" message. Might try contacting the administrators there to find out if their website is partly busted ....
Bugatti Fan Posted December 1, 2021 Author Posted December 1, 2021 Thanks for coming back on this one guys. You have all confirmed what I suspected. I too got database error messages and very slow responses. I will attempt to get through to their admin about it, that is if it will let me! Their server is probably getting a bit long in the tooth and struggling to cope with demand I expect.
Bugatti Fan Posted December 1, 2021 Author Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Since my last post about an hour ago, I have tried accessing the ScaleMotorcars website again. Cannot even get a first page up to log into it and just database error messages and dropout from it. I wonder if the site has crashed altogether having tried a number of times to access it during the last hour or so? It used to work ok albeit being slow to use, but it was becoming a very frustrating site to use and seemed to be deteriorating gradually in performance. There are many really interesting posts on that site and it would be a great pity to lose all that wonderful information that modellers have shared on it. It appears that they really need to migrate to a fast server or users will just give up on it. That would really be a shame as it serves modellers really into scratch building plus larger scale kits and conversions so compliments rather than competes with this MCM site. Edited December 1, 2021 by Bugatti Fan
Bugatti Fan Posted December 6, 2021 Author Posted December 6, 2021 I tried to get into the Scale Motorcars website this morning (10 am UK Time). Message came up to say that their site has closed temporarily for a day or so in order that they can work on the source code for the site. I managed to message one of their administrators last Friday about the site difficulties of slowness and transmission error messages appearing. Perhaps my message and probably those from others had prompted them to take a look at sorting out the problems. Hopefully they will be able to quickly resolve them. As I have mentioned before, Scale Motorcars is an auto modelling site devoted to larger scale scratch built models and larger kits and conversions, and is really a complimentary site to this one rather than a competitor.
Bugatti Fan Posted December 7, 2021 Author Posted December 7, 2021 You could be right there Pete. I tried accessing their site 8.30 UK time today, and a message came up to say that it is still down and being worked on.
OldNYJim Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 This site is useful for trying to determine what you were trying to determine above: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Tells you whether the problem is at your end or theirs. I know you already discovered the answer anyway in this case though...
Bugatti Fan Posted December 8, 2021 Author Posted December 8, 2021 That's a very useful bit of information Jim. Thanks for sharing. The Scale Motorcars site is still down as of 9 am UK time this morning. 1
Bugatti Fan Posted December 14, 2021 Author Posted December 14, 2021 Looks like the Scale Motorcars site is up and running again ok. Their admin got back to me to say that they that they did have some operating system problems to sort out
Bugatti Fan Posted May 19, 2024 Author Posted May 19, 2024 Having tried to access it today Scalemotorcars forum appears to be down, and has been for quite a while. Anyone know what is going on with it? A message saying that they are trying to deal with attacks on the site has been up for ages. It was a good site that compliments this one as it mainly dealt with large scale scratch built models. It would be a great pity if it is now down and gone forever. So that will be another auto modelling forum gone like SA.
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 20, 2024 Posted May 20, 2024 Oh -----. Lotsa great info was there. I haven't tried it yet, but something might have been saved... https://help.archive.org/help/using-the-wayback-machine/
The Creative Explorer Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 On 5/19/2024 at 8:41 PM, Bugatti Fan said: Having tried to access it today Scalemotorcars forum appears to be down, and has been for quite a while. Anyone know what is going on with it? A message saying that they are trying to deal with attacks on the site has been up for ages. It was a good site that compliments this one as it mainly dealt with large scale scratch built models. It would be a great pity if it is now down and gone forever. So that will be another auto modelling forum gone like SA. you might want to ask @scalemotorcars
Bugatti Fan Posted September 26, 2024 Author Posted September 26, 2024 Didn't know they had a presence on here Erik. Thanks for the link.
iamsuperdan Posted September 26, 2024 Posted September 26, 2024 8 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: Didn't know they had a presence on here Erik. Thanks for the link. They haven't visited here in almost a year.
Bugatti Fan Posted September 27, 2024 Author Posted September 27, 2024 My guess is that Scale Motorcars is now inactive Dan.
peteski Posted September 27, 2024 Posted September 27, 2024 Was that forum part of https://www.modelmotorcars.com/ ?
Bugatti Fan Posted September 29, 2024 Author Posted September 29, 2024 No, I don't think so Pete. Model Motorcars Ltd is a different site alfogether, specialising in Pocher model builds and offering upgrade parts for the old and new Pocher kits.
deuces wild Posted January 2 Posted January 2 I used to be a mod on Scale Motor Cars till it got to the point where I couldn't log on anymore.....😟 That was almost 20 years ago....🙁
Thedragsterdude Posted January 3 Posted January 3 On 11/30/2021 at 11:04 PM, Russell C said: http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/general-discussion/ Never heard of the site, found that link in a Google search. I can at least minimally vouch for it taking multiple minutes for a page to load, with some clicks there stopping at a mostly blank "Database error" message. Might try contacting the administrators there to find out if their website is partly busted .... Just clicked on it loaded fine, but this forum was kinda laggy and when I click on my E-mail it would do nothing 1
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