Welcome

Glad to see you have joined. Post pictures of your progress. MRH has a personal blog section that is ideal for this purpose. Many members are at a similar stage of construction, including myself, and would benefit greatly from watching your progress.

Welcome, David!

Welcome

Welcome, David. A friendly and talented bunch of modellers here. Keep us posted on your progress.

Roy

Welcome to our little family

Welcome to our little family of train-a-holics David!

Charlie

Trainiac

Charlie,

When I last was on Amtrak going to Birmingham talking to the conductor about trains she said "You're one of those trainiacs aren't you?"  On a previous Amtrak trip the conductor called me a "Foamer" (since I apparently foam at the mouth when involved with trains).  I always pleased when someone lables be a little (or a lot) crazy about trains!

Rick

You have discovered the best of the best.

Welcome to the forums and enjoy all of the first 12 Issues as they all have lots of helpful information.

Please ask all the questions you need to ask your sure to get an answer within an hour most of the time that is if it isn't answered within a couple minutes.

Rio Grande Dan

Love This Site!

Hello, everyone! I am so glad I stumbled upon your booth at the World's Greatest Hobby Show in NJ! I have just recently been getting back into model railroading. My 4 year old daughter saw the commercial for the show on TV so we decided to go. So much has changed since my teen years when it comes to model railroading. To think, people were passing up the free disc being given out at the show!

This website/magazine is superb! I cannot think of a better way to get youngsters into the hobby. LOVE the interactave ads, videos, etc. I grew up reading/subscribing to Model Railroader, and this magazine you have created kicks MR's butt! I also recently took advantage of a free trial issue from MR. What a disappointment! The magazine is half the thickness it was back in the 90's, and the content is limited. MRH is what I remember MR being when I was a kid. Before I found about this free web magazine, I thought interest in the hobby was dying since MR was so thin and lacking substance. I am currently constructing a 4X8 layout in HO in my kids' playroom. We are keeping it simple, using easy track since it stands up to little hands better than standard track. I had an old NIB Shop Rite train made by Life Like wih a remote control. Not exactly DCC, but easy for the kids to use. (Funny how modeling priorities change with time)  My daughter and I actually made Woodland Scenics trees last night, and she seems to be well on her way to becoming a Model Railroader.

Thanks MRH for fueling interest in the hobby, and providing a truly 21st century medium to explore the hobby.

Welcome aboard, Paul

Paul, welcome aboard MRH - and thanks for your kind words.

Interestingly, what I remember the hobby magazines being when I first got into the hobby is something of the vision we're using for MRH, plus of course, adding the interactive modern internet into the mix.

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" Please ask all the questions you need to ask your sure to get an answer within an hour most of the time that is if it isn't answered within a couple minutes.

Rio Grande Dan  "

But do not expect an answer from Dan before 2012.  Dan has a back log of 300+ un-answered messages to catch up on before he starts the batch from  2011.

Marc Fournier, Quebec

I agree with Paul

Hi Joe

I very much enjoy your magazine and interacting with the members.  I found your magazine by accident last summer.  While looking up something else I saw a link to MRH and took a peak.  I was hooked and signed up right away.  Several years ago, in prep for a move,  I was going through old paper model mags and told my wife - "Why can't someone do this online and save all these trees."   That was probably about the same time you were putting out your first editions, but I didn't know MRH existed.   I now log in every day and go directly to the "Recent Post" to see what other modelers are doing and pick up ideas from them.  Not to copy, but to learn from them and get some inspiration.  I have been made to feel very welcome by everyone and members have been very nice to answer my questions.  I also read every article and ad to learn as much as I can.

Anyway, I am always amazed at how much more vivid the pictures in MRH are compared with the print materials.  And the ease of going directly to the suppliers websites to get more details about their products is awesome.   As a kid I built mostly ships and planes.  Then I was out of modeling for over 35 years while raising a family.  Since then I have built a couple of structures.  A couple of months ago I picked up a copy of one of the paper model mags and quickly realized that it no longer had any thing for me.   The information and interaction I was getting from MRH completely blew it away.  Now your magazine is the only model mag for me.

I will soon be ready to start designing a layout and gather materials.

This will make your advertisers happy - I will need to COMPLETELY RESTOCK!!  In the move, I lost most all of my tools and supplies.  Wait - I think I hear a couple of them salavating.

I have taken up too much space, but I wanted to thank you for MRH and let you know that I think you are doing a great job.  The recent "growing pain" don't bother me at all.  Even with them you are still the best thing going.  Keep steaming ahead.