Two positive magazine developments...

"kim" wrote

Asda & Sainsburys have stocked some model railway magazines for several years.

John.

As like many others I have a job which involves traveling sometimes it is necessary to stop at a M/way service area for what on the big railway is a PNB. Usually like to get something to read and was pleased to find the other day a couple of railway modeling magazines amongst the usual selection of Ruin the look of your Mota with giant plasticard style of titles. I think one was the Railway Modeller which I already had so I bought the other possibly, British Railway Modelling.

G.Harman

That's encouraging because so few traditional newsagents stock modelling magazines these days. It's one of those things people buy on impulse and would rather not commit themselves to a long term subscription.

(kim)

I don't subscribe because too few of the articles are relevant for me - I don't have time to read through loads of stuff that is not important to me, and if I buy a magazine for which I'd be lucky to read one article in, I do feel that's a waste of money (not to mention paper, etc). So I prefer to keep an eye on when the magazines come out, and then scan them for relevant articles, if there are enough (more than one) in a magazine, then I will probably purchase it. Another problem is that with several publications out there, the articles that are relevant to me are spread between them. I'd rather be free financially to pick and choose the magazines based on their articles, than to subscribe to any one and have to miss out the others.

Ian J.

But not all branches. Our local Asda stocked RM after a major re-fit, but gave up after a few months.

MBQ

And for those of us who model in 0, there's even less! That's not a serious complaint.....

While having a lot of titles is good in one sense, it's bad in another. In my line, Land Rover, there used to be be one magazine, and it there was always enough to make it worth buying (rather like in my previous modelling life where ther was Railway Modeller or the The Other One). Now there are 4 (plus the other 4x4 comics) and I've got sick of reading yet another article about how to overhaul a [insert assembly of choice], to the extent I don't even bother looking at them. To compensate, the mags have started getting all exited about "extreme" this or that, which is of even less interest (the whole point of a Defender being you can get stuck in far more inaccessable places than everyone else in a standard vehicle).

You can go to the other extreme though - I joined the 0 Gauge Guild and their magazine is all about peole having a wonderful meetimg in Guilford (pre-Diesel era of course) - not over interesting either.

Anyone got any comments on the MIGO mag? I'd like to have a look-see as they are next on the list to try.......

Cheers Richard

My complaint is that there are far too many 0 kit building articles in Model rail.

MBQ

Being both a computer ( I used to say 'PC' but that has been hijacked by a group of undesirables ) geek and a model rail fan I have to fight my way through two sets of grown men 'sampling' the two sets of mag's. I have even had to produce a chart to take with me showing which mag's I already have as I occasionally take up to four per month.

In my area W H Smith is the best bet for railway & computer mag's and they sometimes have specials exclusive to them.

My son loves looking at the 'free' DVD's so I tend to buy the mag's with those attached to the front or, in the past, those who offer free DVD's via post but some are now charging =A31.99 p & p ? Another I thought a DVD was 'only' a CD !

I am thinking about taking out a subscription on the HORNBY mag. for about a year but the others I will continue to 'cherry pick'.

In the computer world some mag's appear to be written by some 14 year olds high on E numbers.

The other night I watched a programme about the sales war between the lads mag's NUTS & ZOO. In the final stages it came down to something a 'simple' as a ni$$*e count ....... wonder what he model railway mag. equivalent could be ?

Ri**ts ?

Cheers Richard