MMR & 10th Blackbelt
Another thread on this forum is discussing the future of the NMRA MMR program. While reading the most recent entries I was suddenly struck with "solution" for those individuals craving the MMR title but unhappy with the process.
As a martial artist for some 18 years it took me 5 years to get my 1st degree black belt, another 3 years to get my 2nd degree black belt, and another year after that to get my teaching certificate. During that time I saw some students that didn't like the time it took to advance in the ranks, so here's what they did:
They created their own "style" of martial arts and then promoted themselves to 10th degree (Master level)! If I had done the same I would have created "Rick-Fu" or alike and pronounced myself a Master of that style!
Now for model railroading I could create my own governing organization, create a set of "standards" (that I just so happen to meet or exceed) and achieve my title. I'm thinking "Master Railroading Modeler" (MRM).
One man's ramblings.......
Rick - MRM
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Rick, you are a good thinker. Yes, tell me more about this Rick-Fu of yours
It appears that my achievements would never reach Master level - since I do everything (but not scratchbuilt locos and rolling stock), then I become a "Jack-of-all-trades" and, therefore, master of none: mechanical, electrical/electronic, carpentry, painting and on.
Whether you achieve MMR level or not, you are, in my book, an MRM.
Bill D.
N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.
Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.
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You're In Luck!
Master JoaT-MoN. One of the many arts of RickFu. Here, have a certificate.
Alan
Walk-in, Double Deck, HO, 1969, Freelance, 28'x32', DCCwww.LKOrailroad.com
Rex Quan Do. . .
Thought you would enjoy this. . .
Bill, you are too kind!
Bill,
With the authority vested in me (by me) I now confer on you the title of MRM!!! Wear it with pride!
Rick
Rick
The Richlawn Railroad Website - Featuring the L&N in HO / MRH Blog Eastern Standard Time
Rex Quan Do
Oh too funny! Thanks for sharing, Grasshopper!
Rick
Rick
The Richlawn Railroad Website - Featuring the L&N in HO / MRH Blog Eastern Standard Time
Very Nice...
Very Nice Rick...
But I don't think you'll find me at all disturbed by the amount of time it takes to make MMR. What I'm disturbed by is how technology has essentially created backdoors that undermine the program - and in ways that are practically impossible to repair. For instance, I could cut all my wood for my Ben King style windows, on my laser, or I could simply cut out windows ala Laserkit's window style [the peel and stick version] Once painted, the different between the two disappears - the only difference being the former windows may not be as clean. So I go back to my laser and make a jig kit for assembling windows. And now I cut the wood for the window parts from stripwood on my laser and then assemble them on my lasercut jig. Not enough? I cut the stripwood used to make the little components on my laser too!
If I get really fancy, I get a CNC router and make my window jig in Aluminum or brass. Do you see where I'm going with this yet? It would be like your martial arts school adding a new weapon, the gun, to the tools available for hand to hand combat. The hobby is moving in ways the masters never would have imagined: the point where the individual is practically the Manufacturer. And with how manufacturing has been outsourced in this country, we practically Are acting like manufacturers when we send our 3D plans off to be composed by a 3D printer "elsewhere."
The fact of the matter is, there has never been an easier time to become an MMR.
JoaT-MonN
Alan,
U vere funnie man - make me laff big time!
Rick
Rick
The Richlawn Railroad Website - Featuring the L&N in HO / MRH Blog Eastern Standard Time
Oh, I just figured it out
Yeah, Alan, you are funnie. So now I am LOL.
Bill D.
N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.
Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.
Keep on trackin'