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Congratulations Dave and very well deserved too.

Yay, sadly having escaped into town this afternoon to get a copy, the local WHS still had the previous edition on the shelves! 

Well done and well deserved! I look forward to reading it. 

Certainly raising the tone of the magazine! Glad to hear, too, that you have had your copy through the post - assuming, that is, that it's a subscription copy.

Totally deserved !

Aye, congratulations. Few layouts compare, I hope to see it at first hand one of these days.

Congratulations - Sherton Abbas is a well desereved MRJ star attraction - WH Smith closed in Putney a while ago so I will have to order a copy direct from the publisher - which I will do, although I may have to quarantine it for 48 hours when it arrives along with the rest of the incoming post, packages and groceries!  Best wishes and stay safe...

 

Kit PW

Well done! A fabulous layout which deserves centre stage.

Looking forward to the postie delivering my copy (with suitable quarantine period before reading).

 

Adrian

Thanks to all for the positive comments   My usual copy of the magazine is still at my local model shop which is closed for the foreseeable future  I  was sent my copy direct from the publishers, hopefully it’ll be on general sale very soon.

 

Happy modelling, the perfect antidote to the Corona blues!
 

BW

 

Dave

I've no idea where I'll be able to get a copy......but get one I will.

 

You can sign it at the Cardiff show for me

Lovely to see Shirty Abacus getting the attention it rightly deserves. 

 

Top stuff, Dave. 

 

Rob. 

Congratulations.  I look forward to reading the article as soon as I can get a copy of MRJ278

Duncan

Edited April 10, 2020 by drduncan

12 hours ago, figworthy said:

Looking forward to the postie delivering my copy (with suitable quarantine period before reading).

 

Adrian

Apparently you can pop magazines and newspapers in the microwave to ‘decontaminate’ them...!

10 hours ago, BlackRat said:

I've no idea where I'll be able to get a copy......but get one I will.

Yes the “Corona Edition of MRJ is a bit elusive at the moment.  Hopefully on the shelves very soon!
 

10 hours ago, BlackRat said:

 

You can sign it at the Cardiff show for me

Well that will devalue it completely 

 

10 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Lovely to see Shirty Abacus getting the attention it rightly deserves. 

 

Top stuff, Dave. 

 

Rob. 

Thanks Rob!

 

2 hours ago, drduncan said:

Congratulations.  I look forward to reading the article as soon as I can get a copy of MRJ278

Duncan

Thanks Duncan!
 

1 hour ago, 5&9Models said:

Apparently you can pop magazines and newspapers in the microwave to ‘decontaminate’ them...!

I wonder for how long?  2 minutes max heats the middle of a pastie to the temperature of molten lava, It would be a shame after finally getting hold of a copy to set fire to it!

3 minutes ago, wenlock said:

Yes the “Corona Edition of MRJ is a bit elusive at the moment.  Hopefully on the shelves very soon!

According to Newsstand it is due out on Monday.

1 hour ago, Regularity said:

According to Newsstand it is due out on Monday.

Excellent news!

Tried my local newsagent but only the previous issue on sale, so will wait until next week or after. Very much looking forward to it as I think MRJ's photographic/printing style will be in keeping with the feel of the layout.

49 minutes ago, Barry Ten said:

Tried my local newsagent but only the previous issue on sale, so will wait until next week or after. Very much looking forward to it as I think MRJ's photographic/printing style will be in keeping with the feel of the layout.

Hi Al, I shall look forward to hearing your thoughts regarding both the article and the pictures  The pictures are a nice mix of colour and B/W and I’m very pleased at how they’ve turned out.

 

I hope you’ve got that oval of O gauge track laid in the garden and are playing trains in the sunshine!
 

BW

 

Dave

10 hours ago, 5&9Models said:

Apparently you can pop magazines and newspapers in the microwave to ‘decontaminate’ them...!

 

Hmm, I think I'll leave the microwave to its more traditional use.

 

Adrian

 

On 06/09/2016 at 19:13, Mikkel said:

Won't be long now....

 

 

 

Told you so! 

 

Congratulations Dave, very much deserved. I know it's all your work, but Sherton Abbas feels like a real 'RMweb layout', born and bred in the community. 

 

 

11 hours ago, 5&9Models said:

Apparently you can pop magazines and newspapers in the microwave to ‘decontaminate’ them...!

 

Only if no staples. Surprisingly strong electric fields are produced, especially at sharp corners - enough to ionise the air, producing sparks - so there's then a danger of starting a fire. I did read (possibly in ERs) of someone who successfully microwaved The Times but incinerated Private Eye. Of course MRJ is on much higher-quality paper than Private Eye, but still I wouldn't want to risk it.

 

I believe there's a much higher risk of the packaging being contaminated with the virus, as it's been handled much more. So open the envelope with the gloves on, dispose of the envelope, wash hands, and enjoy.

10 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Only if no staples. Surprisingly strong electric fields are produced, especially at sharp corners - enough to ionise the air, producing sparks - so there's then a danger of starting a fire. I did read (possibly in ERs) of someone who successfully microwaved The Times but incinerated Private Eye. Of course MRJ is on much higher-quality paper than Private Eye, but still I wouldn't want to risk it.

 

I believe there's a much higher risk of the packaging being contaminated with the virus, as it's been handled much more. So open the envelope with the gloves on, dispose of the envelope, wash hands, and enjoy.

 

Is this a good time to confess I don’t actually own a microwave?!!

I hope to get my hands on a copy at some point. Congratulations on the article. 

Dave

Combined my daily exercise and getting MRJ with a walk of 2 miles each way to the newsagent. Well worth it!

Beautifully illustrated article with the pics on pages 86 and 87 being particularly atmospheric.

Superb layout.

 

Bob.