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You might want to post on the SSM Facebook also. No one important ever seems to visit here anymore

I do think we have any Moderators active on this site anymore- if there are they log in very rarely. Most of the time this site does not even open for me ay any level- regardless of browser. I am still needing to access the thread I started in Real Space for the hi res imagery and I cannot do that e...

John P wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 8:06 am Yeah, I've lost posts lately because the screen just goes white when I hit post, and that's the end of it. Post is gone, and the board stops responding.

Happened to me three time yesterday- I just didn't bother retyping everything lost

Error 500 kills it too

New problem today- I am posting but nothing gets into the thread

Not sure if this will either...

I am now getting that error when I just try to open the site for the first time, not even trying to navigate in it

I am using chrome as I use Firefox and Edge for dedicated purposes and keep Chrome for personal things

I click on something once and get a "Too many requests" error screen. This started a week ago randomly but it getting worse- last time I had just opened the forum page and clicked in the quick links-new posts and got the error.

This happening to anyone else or am I just special?

Don't like social media and much prefer sites like this for information- much easier to find and keep track of things of interest

I am going to be spending more time that before over on AST- some great stuff there

Mods are offering nothing because it's private. If the site owners wants ya'll to know he'll let you know. One of the biggest issues, tho', is that the architecture this forum is built on is obsolete and moving it would be neigh impossible or at least extremely tedious. Meanwhile we're open to expl...

I don't know whether to laugh, cry or just throw up...

Weird things have been happening ever since I build that scale diorama of an Indian Burial Ground...

Even if it was hacked there has been sufficient time to regain control or at very least post info about it on any of the subforums.

It has been five months like this

The weird thing for me is that John, Linda and Every Moderator seems to have totally disappeared about the same time with no explanation

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick. Noth8ng says you need to like every trek ship design, personally I think the Defiant looks like a shampoo bottle but I just focus on sharing what I know/like and not rain on anybodies parade...

My biggest concern is not that this site is working (barely) but for how long . Hosting services want to be paid and if that is not done in a timely manner then this place goes dark and all resources are gone. I am planning on spending some time on this weekend harvesting everything I can just to be...

Thank you for your kind offer

With this forum running on auto pilot, the hosting site will be expecting payment soon, if that does not happen everything will be gone forever.

If there are any references or archives members here might want I would strongly suggest you begin downloading them

Agreed
So few posts now there is no reason to remove older ones to save server space

I think if none were to be removed for six months it would still be less that the total of what would active for one week on this forum in it's heyday

It's a bit of a mess- Shapeways has essentially shut down but while some heard about it, many people with extensive catalogs of products being sold there were told nothing. I got in contact with TonyRR and he is going to be printing his stuff himself so his offerings are still available but turn aro...

Thinking
Happy
Thoughts...

EVApodman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:01 pm I feel your pain.

Use this link to eliminate the 500 error. the SQL error is still there. It works for me and makes it so much easier.

https://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/

I tried but that link just goes to the General Discussion Index,,,

Quite frankly I do not expect this sight to be around much longer- it is 90% broken and no help in sight. I am posting this to provide my friends here a way of contacting me outside SSM- I do not think PM system is a viable option any more. Below is my personal email address RBaker2164@GMail.com I h...

I never thought it would end this way

Not with a bang or a whimper, but with the sound of crickets...

I'm still here

How to separate the hood from the body depends on how the kit was produced- it may be solid resin in that area so aside from removing the hood section and vac-forming a replacement to show it hood up you may have to wait for the kit to arrive before making plans. Assuming you can open up the engine ...

My general rule of thumb is to desaturate the colors used- atmospheric perspective does this with distance and we are accustomed to it. Desaturation is due to the particulates in the air so to make something small and close look like a big thing in the distance you need to 'add particulates' (add wh...

Apparently when you post and get that error message if you save as draft then go back to the last page you will find it did post, this happened twice to me just now

General Error SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145] An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists. Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: o...

I believe it was my comment about 1941 and it was a system glitch of some kind- I hit post and it resulted in an error code and did not post. When it did finally post I saw only one. Be it either on my tablet (droid 14) or computer (Win 11) about a quarter of time either the pages do not load or the...

For about ten years now I've wanted to build a StarGate Diorama in 1/35th scale. A Gate would be in the center of the dio side on, on one side we see the team running up the steps to the wormhole being chased by Velociraptors, close on their heals. On the other side of the gate the first team membe...

Absolutely spectacular!
Well balanced design, works at multiple distances- looks good far away and when you get closer it works at another level. I think my favorite detail is the structural ribs behind the forward dome, has a Syd Mead pragmatic vibe...

This is the first time I have been blocked from even looking at a locked thread, typically they linger around like normal threads until they get pruned due lack of activity.
Been a member for quite a while and this is new, I wonder since it follows the site crash if there might be a connection ...