G'day All,
I'm putting this here in the Jaguar Forum as this is obviously where the most activity is.
As you would mostly know, I will be switching over the forum (later in the year) to a stand-alone forum not linked to the website directly.
This is for a number of reasons, but preferring to offer a more traditional conversation flow of a standard forum is definitely of high importance, as well as having a forum not specifically linked with, or limited to Wix.
I am super impressed with the quality of the contributions on the forum, and even at this early stage it has exceeded the expectations. You guys have all worked to create what I think is a fantastic group of ''foundation'' members who each bring your own skills and take on the Jaguar kit.
So, as a result, I ask for your input as I am in the setting up stage of the new forum site.
Comments and suggestions please:
What categories would you like to see under the 1/8 Revell Jaguar XKE? Eg: work in progress, finished builds, builds out of the box, major customisation, roadster conversions, etc). Now I realise this is perhaps getting a little ahead of myself as the forum as it is encompasses all those in the single heading, however, with the aim of attracting more contributors, and being an ever growing resource for this model, I am hoping to ''future proof'' the forum as much as I can.
I wish to have an ''introduce yourself'' section just for some basic details on who you are, where you're from, and what are your interests.
An ''off-topic'' section to discuss pretty much anything (within reason)... water-cooler talk so to speak.
Reference / videos section
New released items (from myself) and perhaps a section for members to ask about spare parts and if anyone s willing to buy and sell
Other building techniques regarding the use of 3d printers, lathes, milling machines etc.
That's pretty much just throwing a few ideas around, but please let me know if anyone thinks this may be ''overkill'' or whether these categories will help in the flow.
As far as other sections and models (Eg: Pocher) and other scales, I will still keep those in place but the forum will remain flexible as if it becomes something that organically grows into the 1/8 Jaguar models, then I will focus on that.
Thanks for your time, and all suggestions taken on board, and I really do appreciate all input. As you all know I am pretty much a one man show but want to see this site , products and the forum grow. I battle my way through these things when I'm not chasing cows or dealing with floods, and I value all of your support immensely.
Colin
That sounds great. Will you be moving the whole forum to this new platform? I would like to see more activity on other topics as well since I have quite a lot of the models (in my stash) that you already cover, and there’s a ton more (like the Revell 1/8 ‘79? Trans-Am) that are just crying out for detail improvements.
I also like the water cooler idea, plus it would be cool to have topics for 3D printing, CNC routers, lathes etc. and scratch building tools and techniques.
Chris