stewartingram Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'm scanning my loft full of old mags ready for a clearance, and my last MR is July 1993. I've just discovered on the web a reference to Jan & Feb/1994, so when did it actually cease publication? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 ISTR it changed into Model Railway Enthusiast about that time. No idea who published it or who was involved. But it was more aimed at collectors than modellers. Very heavy on articles about things like Triang and Hornby Dublo. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: ISTR it changed into Model Railway Enthusiast about that time. No idea who published it or who was involved. But it was more aimed at collectors than modellers. Very heavy on articles about things like Triang and Hornby Dublo. Jason If memory serves it was owned and edited by Pat Hammond, at least initially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2021 It was Scale Model Trains that was merged into Model Railway Enthusiast (apparently without Chris Ellis' knowledge), not Model Railways. I had a number of the later issues of Model Railways but I'm not sure when it ceased publication. The last editor was Roy Johnstone, a journalist but not himself a modeller. Pat Hammond was indeed the editor of MRE, which later became MREmag online. He is no longer involved with it, AFAIK, and the website is supposedly being updated—but there is no content apart from a holding message. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, stewartingram said: I'm scanning my loft full of old mags ready for a clearance, and my last MR is July 1993. I've just discovered on the web a reference to Jan & Feb/1994, so when did it actually cease publication? Stewart 1994 February was the final issue and nothing to do with MRE. It was definitely losing it's way by then and not surprising it finished up. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Your Model Railway in 1985. New Model Railways in 1982. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tim V said: Your Model Railway in 1985. New Model Railways in 1982. Became YMR 1984 October Reverted back to plain MR 1987 July 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 It was a good magazine, went downhill ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Model Railway News was one of the publications of the Model Aeronautical Press, including Model Engineer and Aeromodeller. The last issue of MRN on http://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/Model-Railway-News-1971 is August 1971 then the last issue of Model Railways http://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/Model-Railways-1994 is February 1994. The first available issue is February 1937 Edited March 4, 2021 by MyRule1 spelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 21 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said: It was Scale Model Trains that was merged into Model Railway Enthusiast (apparently without Chris Ellis' knowledge), not Model Railways. I had a number of the later issues of Model Railways but I'm not sure when it ceased publication. The last editor was Roy Johnstone, a journalist but not himself a modeller. Pat Hammond was indeed the editor of MRE, which later became MREmag online. He is no longer involved with it, AFAIK, and the website is supposedly being updated—but there is no content apart from a holding message. Scale Model Trains changed to Model Trains International. If it wasn't related to Model Railways, they were pretty close to plagarism. Even the typeface is similar and look at the dates it arrived. Virtually at the same time as MR disappeared. First issue November 1993. They even did the "Build a Layout over X amount of months" articles, beloved of YMR. https://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/model-railway-enthusiast-magazine-november-1994-issue.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Scale Model Trains changed to Model Trains International. Misleading. The publishers of Model Railway Enthusiast acquired the title of Scale Model Trains from its (then) publisher. The editor of SMT, Chris Ellis, wasn't consulted. Subsequently he, and a group of regular contributors, started MTI as a replacement for SMT. Chris Ellis recounted this story more than once in MTI editorials. I don't think there was any connection between Model Railway Enthusiast and Model Railways. They were, after all, completely different types of magazine. I think you will find that other magazines started around this time, too — didn't BRM start around this time? April 1994? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 18 hours ago, D9020 Nimbus said: The publishers of Model Railway Enthusiast acquired the title of Scale Model Trains . . . . According to this issue (June 1995, vol 2, no.6) of Model Railway Enthusiast, that I have, the publisher was Link House Magazines, executive editor was Richard West and editor was David Jinks. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I remember seeing an advert for the first issue of MRE in the Daily Telegraph. That must have cost them a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I quite liked MRE, but even as a teenager it struck me as a bit more basic than the likes of Railway Modeller. Interesting articles though, particularly liked the history of the Derby Lightweights/Class 101's- kind of taster for the doorstep-thick books by Pat Hammond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted March 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2021 ISTR that Link House Publications was quite a big concern at the time. Don't know what happened to them, nor exactly when the magazine ceased publication in printed form; Pat Hammond was the editor by then—I’d forgotten that he hadn't been the editor from the start. The publishers of Model Railways, MAP, used to publish quite a lot of modelling and related magazines at one time. They later became Nexus Publications — I wonder what happened to them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughan45 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said: The publishers of Model Railways, MAP, used to publish quite a lot of modelling and related magazines at one time. They later became Nexus Publications — I wonder what happened to them? Not sure, but I know I did some work for them in 1995, shortly after they had acquired MAP and were moving all it's assets etc. from Hemel Hempstead to somewhere south of London, unfortunately I can't remember where. Model Railways had already ceased publication by then although I think Model Engineer and Aero Modeller, were still in print. They appeared to be looking closely at rationalising other former MAP publications. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 My then wife and I contributed to Model Railways mag quite a few times at the instigation of the editor Roy Johnstone. One of the articles was a ‘thought piece’ about creating a society to promote Diesel & Electric modelling. The article contributed to formation of Diesel & Electric Modellers United (aka DEMU). It was in the last year to 18 months of the mag’s existence that we wrote for it, so maybe we hastened its demise... steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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