RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 The fiction is over - for the first time in living memory the July RM shows full Peco branding on the cover. Also they have reverted to a green cover in the traditional 3-colour sequence. Apparently the all-red covers have been an "experiment". Lasting a mere 6 years. Other magazines could have come and gone in less time, but in the case of RM 6 years is merely an "experiment". Martin. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 But it’s a consistently good magazine. Ok , as with all magazines , there are months that are more a hit than others, but Railway Modeller still contains more layouts than other magazines and has a lot more reading. If that’s the level of experimentation they get up to, and I admit I never noticed, then I’m quite happy. No gimmicks just a good old fashioned cosy read. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 But it’s a consistently good magazine. Ok , as with all magazines , there are months that are more a hit than others, but Railway Modeller still contains more layouts than other magazines and has a lot more reading. If that’s the level of experimentation they get up to, and I admit I never noticed, then I’m quite happy. No gimmicks just a good old fashioned cosy read.‘Old fashioned’ in this respect is attractive to some of us. I agree the presentation is a bit staid, and lacks the modern wham-bam punch of its principal competitors. I don’t miss that, but recognise younger readers might well do so. I also feel it has the most advertising, although haven’t really counted pages etc. And even in the Internet era, I find printed ads for our hobby have value. Peco generally know what they are up to, and RM seems to be part of that success. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 The fiction is over - for the first time in living memory the July RM shows full Peco branding on the cover. Also they have reverted to a green cover in the traditional 3-colour sequence. Apparently the all-red covers have been an "experiment". Lasting a mere 6 years. Other magazines could have come and gone in less time, but in the case of RM 6 years is merely an "experiment". Martin. Actually the red cover started in the 2011 November issue. But great to see the 3 colours return. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 Ahh I remember the days of the Yellow header! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 The problem is they are out. The August issue was always a green issue whereas July was always blue. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp409067 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 The problem is they are out. The August issue was always a green issue whereas July was always blue. Jason * Like me you have a long memory. I agree that July should be blue and August green. In simple terms (for there were some variations), the sequence was 1954 - (November) 1993 BLUE > GREEN > RED starting in January each year (almost forty years). It then changed from Jan 1994 to GREEN > BLUE > RED (less than twenty). CP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin2 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 With all this Brexit nonsense in the air it is nice to see RM supporting Irish green and French blue. ...R 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I knew they changed it at some point, but I stopped buying it in the early 1990s. Even now it's only an occasional purchase when there is something of interest in it. I've almost a complete set from 1965 until 1990ish though. What I would deem the "classic" era. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Other magazines could have come and gone in less time, Also, in less time, other magazines have taken their heads from up their @rses, moved with the times and improved themselves quite considerably. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Am I wrong in remembering a FOUR colour sequence with orange as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Like me you have a long memory. I agree that July should be blue and August green. In simple terms (for there were some variations), the sequence was 1954 - (November) 1993 BLUE > GREEN > RED starting in January each year (almost forty years). It then changed from Jan 1994 to GREEN > BLUE > RED (less than twenty). CP Sorry, but they used four colours for a long period - Blue for January, May and September, Orange for February, June and October, Green for March, July and November and Red for April, August and December. It started with the new header in January 1966 and was replaced with the three colour sequence in 1975 (effectively May 1975 as June was red instead of orange), though there were some experimental two-tone headers soon after they thickened up to the current letterface in September 1971. 1950s RMs had the old 3Ps symbol (Pritchard Patent Poduct Co.) Edited June 14, 2018 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 ??????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Didn't they go purple for the Royal Wedding issue in 1981, too? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 Sorry, but they used four colours for a long period - Blue for January, May and September, Orange for February, June and October, Green for March, July and November and Red for April, August and December. It started with the new header in January 1966 and was replaced with the three colour sequence in 1975 (effectively May 1975 as June was red instead of orange), though there were some experimental two-tone headers soon after they thickened up to the current letterface in 1973. 1950s RMs had the old 3Ps symbol (Pritchard Patent Poduct Co.) There was a once off return to orange for the 'Special Issue' in place of the 1980 May issue. This was due to an industrial dispute and many pages were still labelled as May. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 Also, in less time, other magazines have taken their heads from up their @rses, moved with the times and improved themselves quite considerably. Mike. As has the good old RM but without the mega splash and dramatic announcements . It just gets on with it. So you have “Talking Points” and comments from leading people in Model Railways . Railway Modelling Explored takes over from Junior Modeller with hints and tips for beginners. What other magazine has that every month? The photography has been updated too with some truly great images. Yet at the same time I think it has maintained its content and that familiarity most modellers like . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 ??????? Yes, some of us waste potential modelling time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yes, Enterprisingwestern, and if they keep it up for another six years, some of them might get to be half as good as the RM in that time. IMO, loadsa big colour photos, and a fairly tight focus on largely r-t-r 00 doth not necessarily a good magazine make. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 No secret. They've run out of red ink..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 As has the good old RM but without the mega splash and dramatic announcements . It just gets on with it. So you have “Talking Points” and comments from leading people in Model Railways . Railway Modelling Explored takes over from Junior Modeller with hints and tips for beginners. What other magazine has that every month? The photography has been updated too with some truly great images. Yet at the same time I think it has maintained its content and that familiarity most modellers like . A few years back, I used to buy nearly all the titles most months but since Steve Flint took over as editor, the others only get bought when there's something of direct interest. I got fed up with having the wonders of DCC rammed down my throat over around a third of the pages in most issues and I suddenly realised how much I was just skipping over. The Modeller has steadfastly maintained a balanced attitude / sense of proportion across the digital/analogue divide and is now the only monthly I get every issue. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Lots of comment on the colour, but does no-one else find it significant that after all this time they have finally put Peco branding on the cover? The fiction that it was just another news-stand magazine and not a Peco advertising medium seems to be over. Publishing a monthly magazine was a work of marketing genius by Sydney Pritchard. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Also, in less time, other magazines have taken their heads from up their @rses, moved with the times and improved themselves quite considerably. Mike. 'Improved' as in 'all now equally mediocre'. RM and MRJ are still my only routine buys, the others hardly at all and only then when there is something of significant interest. 45 pictures showing how to glue figures into a cab is not worth 4 quid. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Lots of comment on the colour, but does no-one else find it significant that after all this time they have finally put Peco branding on the cover? rm_peco.jpg The fiction that it was just another news-stand magazine and not a Peco advertising medium seems to be over. Publishing a monthly magazine was a work of marketing genius by Sydney Pritchard. Martin. Was it a ever a fiction? The references to 'here at Peco' were common in editorials and their own articles and it's been plastered all over their website. I take it as common knowledge by the vast majority. Like everything else it's a matter of taste on the presentation. I find some of the others a bit too LOOK AT THIS in presentation but not really great in content. For such a 'stuffy' publication it continues to do very well compared to the competitors so something must be working 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Do you think that Peco has deliberately changed the colour sequence to see if anyone is awake out there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2018 Do you think that Peco has deliberately changed the colour sequence to see if anyone is awake out there?Maybe it's subliminal messaging and they've joined the 'eco aware' movement? I'm surprised they've not re-titled it to iRailway Modeller with a white cover and a blue engine each month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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