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Post by TRM on Jul 3, 2018 19:30:46 GMT -5
July
Model of the Month
It is that time again, time for the Model of the Month for the month of July.
Please notify at least two (2) staff members of your entry into the
MoM. Only three (3) images will be posted in the MoM along with a link
to your build.
1. reserve's M24 Chaffee Light TankThe Build: modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/13001/afv-club-24
 2. wbill76's German A7V Tank (Krupp)
3. tobias5555's P 1000 Ratte
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Post by dupes on Jul 7, 2018 12:45:46 GMT -5
Oooooh, I'm liking this one!
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Post by TRM on Jul 29, 2018 7:55:06 GMT -5
We finally have a number 2 for the MoM this month...wbill76's German A7V Tank (Krupp)has been added!  |
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Post by TRM on Jul 29, 2018 22:03:53 GMT -5
Number three, tobias5555's P 1000 Ratte, enters the ring this month! |
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Post by tobias5555 on Aug 6, 2018 12:06:02 GMT -5
No voting this month?
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bbrowniii
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Member since: March 2012
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Post by bbrowniii on Aug 9, 2018 20:55:01 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing.
Shouldn't we be voting?
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 13, 2018 20:36:41 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing. Shouldn't we be voting? Normally yes, perhaps there's some technical difficulty we aren't aware of with the polling? I know the NATS happened at the time the voting would usually have started so that's likely a factor, but otherwise, not sure. I guess it will happen when it happens!  |
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bbrowniii
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Member since: March 2012
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate.
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Mar 25, 2012 22:08:04 GMT -5
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Post by bbrowniii on Aug 16, 2018 18:57:10 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing. Shouldn't we be voting? Normally yes, perhaps there's some technical difficulty we aren't aware of with the polling? I know the NATS happened at the time the voting would usually have started so that's likely a factor, but otherwise, not sure. I guess it will happen when it happens! I can be patient. 😎 |
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 28, 2018 6:22:48 GMT -5
I guess the MoM has died a quiet death...doesn't look like anyone has entered anything for the month of August and with no voting having been run for what was entered in July, I suppose this marks the end of this tradition here on the MSC. I know the participation in entries has been declining for some time so it doesn't come as a surprise that it's reached the end of the road.
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afvfan
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Member since: December 2012
Bob
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Dec 10, 2012 17:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by afvfan on Aug 28, 2018 7:53:49 GMT -5
Strange that there's been no "official" comment on the status.
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reserve
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Member since: July 2012
Si vis pacem para bellum
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Jul 11, 2012 9:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by reserve on Aug 28, 2018 10:57:52 GMT -5
Probably does not encourage guys to enter if they see the previous month has not been voted on. Well it was nice while it lasted I just hope nothing's wrong with T or Rob or whoever it is that saw to this
Regards,
Mark
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Post by Leon on Aug 28, 2018 12:10:14 GMT -5
The way things are looking here i'm about ready to give up being a moderator.
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 28, 2018 20:13:31 GMT -5
Probably does not encourage guys to enter if they see the previous month has not been voted on. Well it was nice while it lasted I just hope nothing's wrong with T or Rob or whoever it is that saw to this Regards, Mark Me too Mark. I sent some PMs earlier in the month but never got a response. |
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jpc1968
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May '17 Co-Mom Winner, October '17 MoM Winner
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Post by jpc1968 on Aug 29, 2018 8:48:50 GMT -5
so is this forum dead?
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reserve
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Member since: July 2012
Si vis pacem para bellum
Posts: 2,373
Jul 11, 2012 9:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by reserve on Aug 29, 2018 10:07:30 GMT -5
Don't think I'd go so far as to say that but it sure ain't as lively as it once was it seems to me
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Post by Tobi on Aug 29, 2018 10:31:15 GMT -5
Not dead, but consolidated I'd say.
I got the impression the people posting regularly are too little to generate enough output for monthly polls. Some also turned their backs on the forum over the past few years, for whatever reason.
A solution could be a single model of the year contest, perhaps. Open to all, not just MoM winners.
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Post by Leon on Aug 29, 2018 10:34:25 GMT -5
Hopefully it will get active after summer is over!
Tobi,i like your thinking.
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afvfan
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Bob
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Dec 10, 2012 17:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by afvfan on Aug 29, 2018 23:24:58 GMT -5
Has the Facebook page slowed down, too? If not, it may be a problem of people tired of double posting, since it is a time consuming issue.
As for the contest, there were only 3 entries for June, but there were 101 votes cast. That indicates there are still a number of people viewing the forum.
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Post by wbill76 on Aug 30, 2018 6:27:59 GMT -5
Has the Facebook page slowed down, too? If not, it may be a problem of people tired of double posting, since it is a time consuming issue. As for the contest, there were only 3 entries for June, but there were 101 votes cast. That indicates there are still a number of people viewing the forum. Yes and no, it depends on whether or not the Admin sends out the reminder notice with the voting link. There was no May contest. In the April contest, no notice was sent out and only 20 people voted. There also was no January contest, so it's been declining slowly. I don't think the entire forum is dead, but the MoM certainly appears to be so both from a lack of entries and promotion/administration. That's not a knock or criticism, just an observation. Personally, I know that I don't have time to build once the school year starts and I can pop in on occasion to view the forum but not always post. |
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Sept 1, 2018 9:45:05 GMT -5
I haven't been on site on a regular basis, outside work has taken most of my summer. But, I know for a fact traffic always slows down in the summer on almost every site, Space Book be dammed.
So personally, I wouldn't think the site is dying, not by any stretch of the imagination, just the annual summer blues.
Cheers up guys, there's plenty of paint sniffin, finger gluin to be had once the snow flies. Well, at least in my case, that is. Ruck On Bby!
Cheers, Ski.
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roland66
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at the workbench
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Post by roland66 on Sept 1, 2018 10:32:48 GMT -5
Hi,
we have the same problem in our german forum. The output from the members is going down, so we do a contest of the year. Then we have ~80 entries for voting.
The last 2 years i build only one diorama. And i went more to modelshows. This takes also a lot of my free "building time". Also the sommer was very hot in germany, i had 41degrees on my workbench for a couple of weeks.
When you want, i can show some pics of the diorama and the german modelshows.
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Post by Leon on Sept 1, 2018 10:50:52 GMT -5
Would love to see some pics of your diorama and the German model shows. |
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Sept 2, 2018 0:13:48 GMT -5
I second that Roland, post them pics, we'd love to see em.
Cheers, Ski.
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