Moderators Howard Smith Posted February 19, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 19, 2020 Has Spring sprung? We'd like to think so after the recent stormy weather, but if you need a little Spring fix, here it is in glorious 164-page format. Packed with four quality model railways in 2mm:1ft and 4mm:1ft scales and with a distinctive Capital theme throughout, there are many ideas that can be borrowed from this issue to use on your model of a large city or county town. Download this issue from 10.00 on Friday February 21, 2020 at www.pocketmags.com/BRM In this episode of BRM TV... Hornsey Broadway How to install dropper wires on your layout Build a London taxi shelter kit IN THIS ISSUE LAYOUTS Hornsey Broadway (EM) Lightermans Yard (2FS) Rossiter Rise (OO) Melangoose (OO) PRACTICAL BRM How to build a battery locomotive How to optimise layout lighting Wiring for DCC explained How to make a Portakabin kit PRODUCTS AND FEATURES Latest news Model layouts of London – we pick our favourites Give your layout the London look How Thomas the Tank was created Review: Bachmann Class 158/159 Review: Heljan Class 03 Review: Accurascale PFA wagons Plus Bachmann Class 24/1 Prototype Inspiration: BSC Bogie Tipplers and their coil conversions (as arriving in model form from Accurascale) BRMA Winners announced! New books Download this issue from 10.00 on Friday February 21, 2020 at www.pocketmags.com/BRM 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Looks like a great issue; will pick up my saved copy from the local independent newsagent. Next Thursday 27th February I assume? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Howard Smith Posted February 21, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2020 14 hours ago, cravensdmufan said: Looks like a great issue; will pick up my saved copy from the local independent newsagent. Next Thursday 27th February I assume? Correct 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry.ecmr Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 12.00 and doesn't appear to be available at pocketmags yet 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteremy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) It is - just finished reading it. The London/Urban theme is fab - think i may buy a print copy as well. Edited February 21, 2020 by Pteremy 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry.ecmr Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's there now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 Nice to see its on Exact Editions as well 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaday Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I am having problems viewing the videos from page 90 onwards; is it just me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 Fab issue, well done to everyone involved with its production. Being a London boy born in the late 60s, it bought back many childhood memories of BR around ‘the smoke’ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I saw the wonderful Hornsey Broadway at Model Rail Scotland yesterday and thought, I would love to see that layout featured in a magazine. And now it is ! Looking forward to the new issue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted February 22, 2020 Administrators Share Posted February 22, 2020 15 hours ago, gazzaday said: I am having problems viewing the videos from page 90 onwards; is it just me? Nope. They look a bit broken to me too. I'll let the office know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRMDesign Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 20:09, gazzaday said: I am having problems viewing the videos from page 90 onwards; is it just me? Hello! Have just re-linked the video, it should now all be working for you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted February 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2020 Can the name of the wire stripper tool shown in the DVD be posted please. Buying one would be useful, but you can’t glean the make from the images. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Howard Smith Posted February 25, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted February 25, 2020 6 hours ago, john new said: Can the name of the wire stripper tool shown in the DVD be posted please. Buying one would be useful, but you can’t glean the make from the images. Hi John, I think that one was a Lidl 'Powerfix' special, but many others are available, including from some model manufacturers, like DCCconcepts. It also has a crimp function for crushing terminals onto the wires. Hope this helps... H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted February 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Howard Smith said: Hi John, I think that one was a Lidl 'Powerfix' special, but many others are available, including from some model manufacturers, like DCCconcepts. It also has a crimp function for crushing terminals onto the wires. Hope this helps... H Thanks. will keep a look out. I have the DCC concepts recommended one but find I still end up cutting through the wire too often! My very old Draper one is now getting blunt so it is a tool that needs replacing anyway. Will have a good look round at Ally Pally as I'm there all weekend with the SLS stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2020 My subscription copy arrived on Monday morning and is another very good read. Living in South London it is certainly an interesting issue. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dragonboy Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 24/02/2020 at 09:12, BRMDesign said: Hello! Have just re-linked the video, it should now all be working for you I’m now getting video unavailable from page 90. The first couple of videos which I watched successfully last week are still playing ok so sounds like the same issue gazzaday posted about on Monday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted February 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted February 26, 2020 9 hours ago, Dragonboy said: I’m now getting video unavailable from page 90. The first couple of videos which I watched successfully last week are still playing ok so sounds like the same issue gazzaday posted about on Monday You'll need to download the issue again to get the updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dragonboy Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Phil Parker said: You'll need to download the issue again to get the updates. Just tried that Phil but getting the same message for videos after page 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Howard Smith Posted February 27, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Dragonboy said: Just tried that Phil but getting the same message for videos after page 90. I've just tested from our end in the office and can confirm the videos work. If re-downloading still doesn't work, perhaps it's internet conection-related? If you're still struggling, can I suggest you contact Pocketmags at: help@pocketmags.com ? They'll be able to advise from a technical point of view. H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dragonboy Posted February 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Howard Smith said: I've just tested from our end in the office and can confirm the videos work. If re-downloading still doesn't work, perhaps it's internet conection-related? If you're still struggling, can I suggest you contact Pocketmags at: help@pocketmags.com ? They'll be able to advise from a technical point of view. H Will do Howard thanks. It’s interesting that everything before page 90 works fine and if it’s internet related I’d hazard a guess that I’d just see the buffering rather than getting the message that the video was unavailable. I will contact Pocketmags as you suggest but past experiences have all ended up with them telling me to contact you! I was especially pleased with the main dvd this month as I’ve only seen Hornsey Broadway once, but I could only see the top bits as I wasn’t tall enough to see into the trough so that was greatly appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Howard Smith Posted February 27, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dragonboy said: Will do Howard thanks. It’s interesting that everything before page 90 works fine and if it’s internet related I’d hazard a guess that I’d just see the buffering rather than getting the message that the video was unavailable. I will contact Pocketmags as you suggest but past experiences have all ended up with them telling me to contact you! I was especially pleased with the main dvd this month as I’ve only seen Hornsey Broadway once, but I could only see the top bits as I wasn’t tall enough to see into the trough so that was greatly appreciated. If we've messed up in the past and made a mistake with the digital edition, that makes sense... Glad you enjoyed the DVD - we've Andy to thank for the layout footage this month. Hope it gets fixed - feel free to PM with progress until resolved. H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2020 Spring has not sprung up here in Scotland but nevertheless another great edition . I think this is now the third in a row BRM I've bought . Its the layouts that are attracting me at the moment , but there's also some great reading in it . I'm really coming round to the layout of articles . Having see Hornsey Broadway at Model Rail Scotland it was a no brainer to buy this edition of BRM and you've certainly done it justice , no less than 14 pages of coverage , when a lot of other mags would have done 6. Having taken pics of the layout last week with varying success (ok failure) I can appreciate the great pics in the article . Curiously my favourite isn't of the trains but of the townscene on P40/41 Great depth of field there. And I have still more to read Lightermans Yard looks equally appealing and also looking forward to reading about Thomas the Tank! Even better , of course , is that Hornsey features on the DVD free with mag . Quite an impressive package for £4.75. Following on from Hornsey, enjoyed Phils piece on the taxi café . Great demonstration on how to do window panes . 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kier Hardy Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I'd like to thank Andy York personally for the photographs he took of Hornsey Broadway and the video footage he put together for this edition of BRM.... it's a real credit to him. I'm still working my way through the magazine, with the rest of the content being informative and very entertaining. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) Have bought this issue, don't regularly buy BRM, purely on the strength of Hornsey Broadway article and the accompanying DVD, but I'm disappointed....... Playback of the DVD on a stand alone DVD player (Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB) is quite choppy. Seems to skip frames about every 1.5s, most prevalent in pan shots. This is only time I've experienced this with BRM TV discs; indeed I've just checked with another one and the problem doesn't manifest. Anyone else had this or a similar situation? Any suggestions to resolve this problem, can't find any settings on player that remedy it? Don't have an alternative player on which to try it. In hope, Andy. Edited March 1, 2020 by leopardml2341 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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