The Model Car Magazine Forum is becoming Model Car Makers

[Badge73]

Congrats! Here's to many more years of awesome models! 

[Silvercreeker]

awesome!

 

[bobthehobbyguy]

If the forum and the magazine are going to be separate entities will the Facebook page become the point for communications about the magazine?

[Bill Eh?]

Congratulations to Model Cars Magazine and Model Car Makers forum, and all of those involved with both.

[Motor City]

Best wishes to the magazine and the forum.  A while back when we were asked about recommending changes to the forum, I suggested a category on promotional model cars and trucks.  I hope that will come to fruition now.

[TECHMAN]

Congrats to y'all!!!!   Great news that things will stay "pretty much" the same,  ever forward!!!!   👍👍

DJ

[bbowser]

Evolve or perish, good news that we'll be able to share this hobby well into the future!

[ZTony8]

Will the new site be a paid subscription only site? Will MCM have its own forum?

[ZTony8]

Will the new site be a paid subscription only site? Will MCM have its own forum?

[OldNYJim]

2 hours ago, ZTony8 said:

Will the new site be a paid subscription only site? Will MCM have its own forum?

Also curious about pricing for the new site (I assume there will be a paid tier…)

Guess we’ll see!

[Bugatti Fan]

I am OK with the advertising.  Yes, I agree it might be annoying to some, but one needs to look at the wider picture.

If it pays for the running of the site to enable  free access to all, I can live with the very minor irritstion.

Tiered subscriptions would only create an Us and Them situation depending on the depth of one's wallet.

[Cool Hand]

2 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Tiered subscriptions would only create an Us and Them situation depending on the depth of one's wallet.

Yeah, it will be interesting to see what return value the paid tier access has to offer. 

 

[stitchdup]

We do have some ideas we think will add value for paid members, and not just getting rid of the ads. Some have been asked about for a long time and some you may be surprised at. Suffice to say, Dave is pretty busy behind the scenes and there are ongoing discussions

[Dragline]

Does this mean you might implement selling on the forum? Gregg never allowed it because it conflicted with his website for selling models. That is loooong defunct and we have a great community here. That and eBay is just a nightmare of fees and villains. It would be a welcome addition from my POV.

 

Edited yesterday at 12:32 PM by Dragline

[iamsuperdan]

13 hours ago, ZTony8 said:

Will the new site be a paid subscription only site? Will MCM have its own forum?

Yes and no.

We will always have free access to the site and forums, as we don't want to take anything away.

So for those happy with how things are now, rest easy. 

Having said that, we are planning a paid tier with some additional features. Mainly, ad-free. Plus there will most likely be some additional "members only" sub-forums. We're unsure what that might include at this time. 

 

We don't know what the magazine has planned it terms of an online presence.

 

2 hours ago, Dragline said:

Does this mean you might implement selling on the forum? Gregg never allowed it because it conflicted with his website for selling models. That is loooong defunct and we have a great community here. That and eBay is just a nightmare of fees and villains. It would be a welcome addition from my POV.

 

We are not getting rid of the wanted or trade sections, but we do want to add a buy & sell section. Having said that, we know that can be problematic, so we're still discussing how this might work. We do know that it would be part of a paid membership, which would hopefully weed out the scammers and bots. Lots to sort out still.

 

 

[DiscoRover007]

Very cool! Will the existing forum be archived so we can search previous builds?  

[iamsuperdan]

40 minutes ago, DiscoRover007 said:

Very cool! Will the existing forum be archived so we can search previous builds?  

Existing forum will not be archived, because it will continue to exist! It's getting a new address, and a slightly different look, but the content, past and present, isn't going anywhere.

 

[Bugatti Fan]

Dragline mentioned in his last post that Greg has a website for selling models.

Not aware of it. What is it Greg'swebsite for selling models named ?I

Direct buying and selling should be made available on the new website with suitable liability disclaimers that buyers and sellers have to adhere to.

[steveracer]

As long as this forum stays nice and civil, and a sub allows to sell some of my stash I am interested in a paid membership. 

[Dave Ambrose]

15 minutes ago, DiscoRover007 said:

Very cool! Will the existing forum be archived so we can search previous builds?  

All the current content will be coming with us to the new location. 

 

15 minutes ago, steveracer said:

As long as this forum stays nice and civil, and a sub allows to sell some of my stash I am interested in a paid membership. 

Nice and civil are foundational principles here. They will NOT be going away. 

[Dave Ambrose]

22 minutes ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Dragline mentioned in his last post that Greg has a website for selling models.

Direct buying and selling should be made available on the new website with suitable liability disclaimers that buyers and sellers have to adhere to.

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. 

[Bugatti Fan]

Thanks Dave.

Had a quick look. Appears that the emodelcars.com domain is up for sale for 395 dollars.

Edited yesterday at 06:15 PM by Bugatti Fan

[peteski]

I've been thinking about the new name and I'm questioning the word "makers".  To me "makers" seems to imply making a model from scratch, while most of us are kit builders.  I would think that "Model Car Builders" would be more appropriate.

[Rob Hall]

9 minutes ago, peteski said:

I've been thinking about the new name and I'm questioning the word "makers".  To me "makers" seems to imply making a model from scratch, while most of us are kit builders.  I would think that "Model Car Builders" would be more appropriate.

I'd think the forum runners would want to avoid confusion with the unrelated Model Car Builder magazine, though. 

[iamsuperdan]

17 minutes ago, peteski said:

I've been thinking about the new name and I'm questioning the word "makers".  To me "makers" seems to imply making a model from scratch, while most of us are kit builders.  I would think that "Model Car Builders" would be more appropriate.

Model Car Makers allows us to keep the MCM moniker that we all know. Keeps it familiar.