Is this railway modelling blogging still relevant? When I shut the old blog down (see post a few days ago) there was more than a little soul searching. Did I want to do this anymore? Was it worth it? It takes time and I have to keep at it to keep the interest. A few people contacted me to ask where it was. The repeated phrase was 'an entertaining read'. I'm not quite sure how to process that, but I took it as positive. After a while I decided to re-start, without the baggage and without the Russian bots. I did consider RMweb for a nano second, but although I pop in there for a snippet of information from time to time, it feels a bit feral, in common with all forums. Here I have a modicum of control and I've tended not to get people shouting at me. So Blogger it is again. Is anyone reading, well no. As expected, the numbers are at floor level in comparison to the quite hefty hit rate of the old one: people don't know I'm here. That's actually quite alright. I'm happy for it to grow again almost organically.
The answer to the heading question is probably yes, it is. In a magazine article I have the blue pencil hovering over me and I have to be commercially circumspect. There is a measure of this here as well, but I make that call, I don't have advertisers to please. Speaking of which it will remain ad free for the immediate future, though if you are regular please do consider the coffee buying option. Better that than pop ups for Thai-brides and garden furniture littering the page.
What to expect? More of the same really. I have done away with all the historical stuff at the top of the page, but I'll add a few links for the more recent layout builds and the current exhibition beasts. The latest build is a TT:120 for the people in Devon so little bits of that will be the flavour for a while. It's a learning curve for me so you are getting a filter-free response here. I'm constantly on the edge of cock-up with it as I feel my way through all the new (and uber fragile) stuff.
If you are reading this, then well done for finding it, you are part of a very select band of viewers. Onward.
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