Vol. 63, No. 3 autumn 2018 162 Changes


T is Autumn 2018 issue of the Journal initiates several very noticeable changes. T e most immediately obvious is a brand-new cover design. Because the acquisition of Model Ship World has proved to be a demonstrable success, the Board has decided to emphasize the correlation between the Nautical Research Guild’s online and traditional presences. T e new cover’s masthead reads: Nautical Research Journal Model Ship World. T is change, however, does not diminish the Journal’s focus on “advancing ship modeling through research.”


As most members no doubt know, Ships in Scale ceased publication with its June issue. T e Nautical Research Guild has acquired Ships in Scale’s intellectual assets. With the departure of such an important source for ship modelers, the Board decided that the Journal should increase in size from its former 80 pages per issue to 96 pages per issue, a twenty-percent expansion. Furthermore, the new Journal incorporates twice the amount of color content, expanding this from 16 pages per issue to 32 pages per issue (provided, of course, there is suffi cient material that benefi ts from color presentation).


Members will notice that existing incomplete article series that originated in Ships in Scale are continuing inside the expanded Journal and will be published through to their fi nal sections. T e Guild’s website, www.thenrg.org/sis-articles, will publish those parts of these articles that appeared in Ships in Scale so that members who were not subscribers to that magazine may read them there. In addition, the Guild will be marketing the existing electronic versions of Ships in Scale and its precursors and constituents, including Seaways, Seaways Ships in Scale, and Model Ship Builder, and will add those issues whose appearance postdated the most recent electronic off erings from the publisher.


A common complaint among existing modelers is the dearth of younger or newer members of the hobby. T ese are among the most important groups we need to attract and strive to educate: those who are progressing from the stage of an initial interest in building ship models to that of wanting to learn more about the skills and methods necessary to create better built and more accurate replicas. While the need to provide space for incomplete Ships in Scale article series dominates this issue’s enlargement, the most important benefi t of an expanded Journal is the opportunity it presents to extend the Guild’s reach. We intend to devote some of this extra space to short pieces presenting techniques and skills that may be commonplace to experienced modelers but can be complex or mysterious to relative newcomers. An example of what we have in mind is Steve Wheeler’s note on cyanoacrylate adhesive and clear coats in this issue. We also are reaching out to possible contributors to submit material that can guide less advanced builders through projects that will help them advance their skills.


Furthermore, members may now opt to receive the Nautical Research Journal in digital form. Read the insert with this issue or go to the Guild website for fuller information.


T ese developments off er the Guild a host of exciting opportunities. T e expanded Journal will provide the space required to allow the Guild to serve both relative newcomers and experienced modelers, and provide the platform to support all builders in raising their own standards of excellence.


— Paul E. Fontenoy


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