Every so often I review MRE and check it’s still on track.
If you don’t know, the site was created in 2013 as my home on the Internet where I could talk about my three lifelong passions:
- Models, wargaming and miniature making and painting, read how I started with scale models and miniatures,
- Railways, making model trains and layouts (read more about my journey with tiny trains and model railways), and
- Engineering projects in my shed – steam engines, Arduino programming, woodwork and 3D printing, etc.
So has it stayed to this over the last 13 years?
To find out, I exported the articles, did a bit of data crunching and came up with a list of words (excluding common words) and then poured over this.
Somewhat annoyingly, I then discovered ‘wordclouds.com that can do this and create a pretty word cloud from the results. (This is a visual representation of all the words in all the articles, sized by frequency).
You can see this above, clicking on it brings up a larger version.
Although MRE has grown massively over the years, I’m pleased to see the site hasn’t by diverted onto the wrong track 🙂 Model, trains, railways, tools, painting, tips, learning, community, reviews and guides are the most common words and map nicely to the original goals.
I wonder how this will look in 2033?
Are there any topics related to model trains and model making you’d like to see covered here? Let me know in a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
Andy is a lifelong modeler, writer, and founder of modelrailwayengineer.com. He has been building model railways, dioramas, and miniatures for over 20 years. His passion for model making and railways began when he was a child, building his first layout at the age of seven.
Andy’s particular passion is making scenery and structures in 4mm scale, which he sells commercially. He is particularly interested in modelling the railways of South West England during the late Victorian/early Edwardian era, although he also enjoys making sci-fi and fantasy figures and dioramas. His website has won several awards, and he is a member of MERG (Model Railway Electronics Group) and the 009 Society.
When not making models, Andy lives in Surrey with his wife and teenage son. Other interests include history, science fiction, photography, and programming. Read more about Andy.