Butler Henderson Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Both magazines have been sold by Irwell Press to Guideline Publications although George Reeve and Chris Hawkins remain as Design & Commercial and Editor. The only noticeable change apart from a lack of Irwell adverts (maybe one off given the full page explanations of the change) is the addition of an 8 page Model Railway News; issue 1 comprises of reviews of recent and not so recent announcements and releases and an article on Baby Warship models notable for including a picture of Hornby 29 described as a Dapol 22. Edited December 12, 2019 by Butler Henderson 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90164 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The first isue of the Model Railway section was not a good use of 8 pages. Let's hope that it will improve in future 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Been down the road with a modelling mag out of that stable before - Morill still waiting to get a full year out of the subscription 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted December 12, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 12, 2019 Morill was Irwell until they sold it. Then everything went wrong and a lot of people got shafted, including those putting it together. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2019 A modelling section in those two publications is in my opinion completely unnecessary. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted December 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2019 These are the two best historical prototype magazines! I sincerely hope this isn't bad news, the LAST thing they should do is change them. 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I've read Bylines almost since it first came out (2nd issue on...) and I was rather taken aback to see a. that it had been sold to new publishers and b. that it had a rather underwhelming modelling insert. If things change for the worst, they're going to lose a long term reader! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hamlin Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Have always loved the excellent quality of these publications. I hope the new owners can keep up up the standards set by Irwell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted December 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2019 What would be nice is a modelling section following the theme of each magazine. I quite fancy a Model Railway Bylines. Always wanted an eclectic train set for Christmas. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 28 minutes ago, 2mmMark said: Always wanted an eclectic train set for Christmas. Worthy of the Count himself ! The Nim. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I hope the new owners improve the quality of the reproduction of photos. They are often very grainy and washed out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) The market is already overcrowded with modelling mags, so one can only conclude that they don’t have the knowledge and/or access to photographic resources to continue in the trusted vein ...... or they are desperate to attract readers, because the loyal following is too small to be sustainable. I was a regular buyer of Bylines for a long time, but cut back to “the odd one every now and then”. I have a feeling that it was free access to “Disused Stations” on the web that might have made the difference. The photos often do look ‘iffy’, but I’ve always put that down to the originals not really being strong enough to take being blown-up to the sizes they are, although maybe an element of not spending enough time on the digital tweaking of contrast etc has crept in over time. Edited December 23, 2019 by Nearholmer 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 16/12/2019 at 21:06, 2mmMark said: What would be nice is a modelling section following the theme of each magazine. I quite fancy a Model Railway Bylines. Always wanted an eclectic train set for Christmas. it was called MORILL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 15 minutes ago, Stephenwolsten said: I hope the new owners improve the quality of the reproduction of photos. They are often very grainy and washed out. Whoever publishes the magazine, the photos will be a problem. Back then, not everyone had a camera with a decent lens and used fine-grained film, correctly exposed and carefully developed and printed. Many are snaps taken with the equivalent of a 1950s Brownie 127 or a 120 camera with a similar (4.5x6 cm) frame size on inexpensive film, processed at the local chemist and returned with enprints. Even with a negative, to blow the image up to even a half-page size, there is going to be grain. There is only so much that can be done with Photoshop to mitigate that. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted December 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, enginelane said: it was called MORILL As has already been mentioned. I still have the first few issues which showed a great deal of promise, then it all seemed to unravel. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Yeap agree it was and one month after taking out a subscription it was sold on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) The second issues under Guidelines Publishing are out - Irwell ad has returned. The main feature of the model insert is a two page spread of Little Bytham. Slightly incongruous for Bylines! Edited January 5, 2020 by Butler Henderson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 It’s in Brill as well. Apparently well received Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90164 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 18 hours ago, enginelane said: It’s in Brill as well. Apparently well received They would say that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I bought every copy of Bylines for the first 4 years and then cut back my spending. I still buy copies now and again but the industrial content seemed to have dropped until the new issue, which is a good sign. On the other hand, I think the modelling pages are a waste of space. Little Bytham may be a fine layout but it's not Bylines material, nor is anything else in there. Now if the modelling content was industrial and light railways then it would definitely add to the magazine and I'm sure I would go back to buying it regularly. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I suspect that the inclusion of the "modelling" pages has more to do with gaining more advertising than a genuine desire to add modelling-related editorial matter. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 The January issue of Bylines seemed oddly familiar to me when I picked it up the other day. Green saddletank on cover Lead article about the Great Orme Tramway Hmmm.... Then it came to me, I'd been sorting through some mags to see which to chuck and amongst them was the May 2017 issue of Bylines Green saddletank on cover Lead article about the Great Orme Tramway Ok, the locos were different (0-4-0 Hawthorne Leslie called "Mary" vs 0-6-0 Robert Stephenson called "Ruth") but you'd think they could be a bit more original..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 For most of the historical mags (perhaps not Backtrack) I notice similar stuff coming round again after a few years. It's probably more pronounced where there is a lot of colour content; every other issue of Steam Days seems to have a feature on Bulleid Pacifics in 1966. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 Now available digitally via Magzter: https://www.magzter.com/publishers/Guideline-Publications Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 07/01/2020 at 09:30, Ruston said: I bought every copy of Bylines for the first 4 years and then cut back my spending. I still buy copies now and again but the industrial content seemed to have dropped until the new issue, which is a good sign. On the other hand, I think the modelling pages are a waste of space. Little Bytham may be a fine layout but it's not Bylines material, nor is anything else in there. Now if the modelling content was industrial and light railways then it would definitely add to the magazine and I'm sure I would go back to buying it regularly. The problem is that the modelling section is exactly the same in both Brill and Bylines - which is both unimaginative and rather irritating if, like me, you buy both mags because of their different areas of coverage. Editorship so far is unchanged. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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