Division Point Advertisment

I am a customer of several Division Point models and I am happy they decided to advertise in the on line MRH magazine. 

Their ad about investing in brass is not the same as when I first purchased a PFM NKP Berkshire new for $64.95

I received my NP Z8 recently from a Division Point dealer and it is so detailed, even the cab doors and almost all of the hatches open and the detail on that model is just super.  They truely are as good as it gets and I would recommend their products to anyone that wants quality brass.

Auburnflyer    

I thought the Dallas Model

GROWING PAINS

Joe,

Everything you are doing is great, the people, the articles, and the direction.

Please take time to look at what you are changing from issue to issue in the beginning in the way of the software.

It has taken me over 5 hours  to get the Prem Edition to work 100% on two of my computers.

The problem with this issue revoles around QuickTime,  the reader is going to need 7.6 to make it work right and play all of the video with sound.

Free Downloads are avaiable off the internet.  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

I hope this message will help others who are having problem.

1st Issue ran fine. My tip off was the note next to download were you said you made changes, and the error messges my computers keep giving me.  Finally one popped up with QuickTime error.

Keep up the Good Work

Thanks

Art  Grande Pacific. RR. Now back to laying track.

It's all working with issue 2

Art:

With Issue 2, we've finally found our sweet spot. Everything works pretty well for most people - we're getting very few support emails this time around.

Once you get issue 2 working well, all future issues going forward will use this combination of rich media goodies. Over time, we may expand and grow, of course, but this is the base we'll build from.

In fact, this sweet spot is now working so well, I'm going to go back and revise Issue 1 to use this new combination of goodies. Right now, Issue 1 (PREMIUM or LITE) doesn't really work all that well on Macs, for instance.

Well.. on the subject of

Well.. on the subject of small technical nits and tweaks for the future.. and with the understanding I think the magazine as a whole is fantastic..

I thought that the slide show for stub turnout building was placed oddly and a bit small. I would have expected that the images would be larger and featured more prominently on the page.. not tucked in the upper right corner of an otherwise busy page.

I have been finding myself going to 100% zoom and scrolling around to get a real nice look at some of the images.. especially the images of those hoppers in that outstanding prototype article. When shrunk to whatever zoom one needs for whole page display the images get a little pixelated. It would be cool if we could click to zoom where approrpiate.. is that possible in the PDF?

Chris

Zooming in

Chris,

I'm not sure if you have the LITE or PREMIUM version, but the PREMIUM version has the photos at a higher resolution so you can zoom in up to 200% with little or no pixelation.

Yes.. thats what I am doing

Yes.. thats what I am doing now.. what I was suggesting was a way to zoom the picture without having to zoom.. scroll.. and unzoom.. the entire page. Something that would just pop up the image. I have never seen that done in a PDF though.

Chris

Pop to full rez photo

Chris,

I imagine the easist way to do it would simply be to link to a full resolution version of the photo - you click on it and the monster 10mp shot downloads into your browser.

Then again, Joe's the Adobe expert, not I - you might want to make some comments over in the thread discussing where we might take the premium version.

Always Nice to Hear It From The Top

Joe,

Thanks for all of your personnel respones.  I e-mail other publications and hear nothing.

Art

Houma, La.

I just checked The Pulsar ad

I just checked The Pulsar ad and I cant believe I finally found someone that makes a Dry Transfer system most everyone can afford and make dry transfers that use white color without the need of a special printer. I can hardly wait to order the system and start producing my own RR dry transfers.

I am sure its relatively

I am sure its relatively reasonably priced, but I was a bit surprised at the over-all investment required to make the dry transfers.

Chris

I was initially interested

I was initially interested too, but I think the initial outlay is a little too much.

Having said that, it would be ideal for a small part-time / evening one-man business.

Brian

considering the alternative

considering the alternative costing close to $800.00 U.S and then there isn't any support for the old white ink printers these are a bargain at under $200.00 for everything IMPO

Yes, Pulsar's approach is a bargain!

Yep, the alternative was to get an ALPs printer - mine cost $800+ and then the white and metallic ink cartridges were not cheap either!

Getting all this capability for less than $200 is a steal. One of our copy editors, Mike Dodd, edited the newsletter and told me: make sure and get the entire kit Pulsar recommends - don't try to "cheap out" on some of the parts, like the laminator. Mike said their product is excellent and he'd like to see us do an article one of these days on demoing the product and how it works.

But compared to an ALPS printer, Pulsar's solution is far less costly. If you're thinking it's still too pricey - then price getting custom decals made by an outside firm. It won't take ordering many custom decal sets before the Pulsar solution pricing will start to look reasonable.

Another option is for you to get together with other modelers and go in together. There are always ways ...

MRH Magazine download

I model British prototype (4mm = 1 ft, ScaleFour, 18.83mm gauge) but have found the magazine useful because of the ideas that it generates. Thankyou for this very good, easily available, on-line resource.

Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk

Division Point Advertisement

 The quick review of the DP brass NP Z8 is both interesting and encouraging. However, is it a gorgeous shelf or box queen, or does its actual out-of-box operating performance on the layout also match the beauty and care in fabrication and finish?   By performance, I do not mean how it may run well on the bench, or around a circle of code 100 track; but day-in and day-out on layout trackwork that has the same level of scale pretensions, complexity and sophistication that have already been put into how the model is put together. Will it actually pull a respectable train?

I draw no a priori conclusion about Division Point imports, but real time experience  with other similar finely built imports prompts this pragmatic question. 

Nice to hear some good comments.....for a change!

In the hussle bussle world of Model Importing, mostly I am used to getting an earfull on what is wrong with our models...so it was very nice (as indeed, it always is) to hear someone say something nice about the hard work we put in to make our models as close to prototype as possible while still being able to motate around the average model railroad.  We put many hours into our "Z" series NP models, as did our Korean partners, and it's nice when our work is noticed!  You might even have seen the scale operating (!) marker light doors on the rear of the NP tenders!  They are about 1/8" and have working hinges!  Did we get every single thing right on this or any other model??  I doubt it, but as Lee Iococca used to say..."if you can find a better "Z"..buy it!"  I do want to thank all of you out there that are Division Point supporters, we value your business and comments......good and bad.  If you have a favorite project you would like to see become a reality...let us know, we are always looking!  Good quality hand made brass models are a sound investment if they come from a reputable importer, and will return you not only the enjoyment of ownership and operation, but alot more than you'll get back from the country club when you decide to hang up the clubs.   Thanks for listening.....Jack   at "The Division Point."

DP Models

Jack, there is little doubt that Division Point puts out some of the finest models in the business and they are much appreciated.

I do have a favorite project that would greatly enhance our new O scale Nostalgia Trip.  Since you did the Soo Line 2-8-2s in HO and I had 6 of them before selling our HO layout, would it be difficult to upsize the same model to O scale?  I realize there are few Soo Line modelers in O scale but the few of us who operate would love to have one at least, and I am sure there are mantle modelers who would go for one or more.  Just a thought.

AIRBORNE!