Andy Y Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 James Makin's excellent Wells Green TMD also features in this issue and a few more unpublished snaps are now showing on the MRL wesbite at https://www.model-ra...by_James_Makin/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I cancelled my subscription roughly a year ago to BRM, but after seeing the changes a foot on RMweb, I decided to re sub last month. It really couldn't have been a better copy to arrive through the letterbox today, for an Eastern man like myself. Fascinating MI from Mr Wright on Little Bytham. Very in depth and plenty of beautiful ECML Pacifics to boot. Andy's interview on photography was a welcome addition as it's not something you often see talked about in print. Will be reading the rest this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mine arrived this morning. I really prefer the portrait MI section because it makes it more part of the mag-unless of course the point is to make it stand out? I see that we have a track plan illustrator, so can we please have plans of ALL layouts featured in the mag? Some stunning work in this issue though Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon020 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 ... yup, not expected for a few days, but got home late after a two-day audit to finding it waiting for me; a nice accompaniment to my quiet dinner as the wife and boys are clearly out at the school christmas carol concert.... at least, I assume that's where they are! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bailey Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Whats happened to the subscribes copy of BRM Annual - has this ceased or yet to be despatched - not included with December or (just received) January copy. No obvious clues anywhere. Cheers in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 It's coming out around March time Bill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted December 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2012 Will this issue be the first subscription issue for those of us who signed up at Warley? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 It should be Mike and I know Jon020 above subscribed just after Warley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SteveCole Posted December 13, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hi all, The January 2013 issue of BRM goes on-sale in shops today! Enjoy. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I also subscribed just after Warley and this was my first copy. When setting up the sub. the nice lady asked if it was OK for the January issue to be the first and I said it would be ideal. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grafarman Posted December 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ok, got it yesterday, and 'wow' it's a good 'un...even without the N coverage lols I'm still not sure about the two-page spread pictures with that binding as the centres disappear but having said that there's some cracking shots in MI... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted December 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2012 Nice to be reminded of Hudson Road. Can it really be so long since I last saw it at a local (North East) exhibition ? Stunning shots in MI too, but my opinion that landscape is the better format for this feature is reinforced by a couple of the shots of double headers, where the * 'train loco' front ends are lost in the spine. *Apologies to GW enthusiasts if I should be referring to the 'second loco' here, I seem to recall the leading loco (pilot on other regions) was referred to as the 'train' loco on the Western Region, but stand to be corrected either way. Regards, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hi Great magazine again and justified me taking out a subscription and a brilliant DVD as well, just one whinge, why oh why have you spoilt the Little Bytham photos by printing the MI with the photos across the spine, when I come to sort out what to keep from the magazine and to file all the LB articles together I wil now have photos with a tear down the centre, a HUGE retrograde step. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 why oh why have you spoilt the Little Bytham photos I did explain a little on the opening page of MI and also in a topic on here where you could have voted one way or the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted December 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2012 James Makin's excellent Wells Green TMD also features in this issue and a few more unpublished snaps are now showing on the MRL wesbite at https://www.model-ra...by_James_Makin/ One of George's favourites when browsing last night at bedtime - "Lectric Daddy?" You have taught him well Obi-Wan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I did explain a little on the opening page of MI and also in a topic on here where you could have voted one way or the other. Hi Andy Just been looking at the opening page and you say there was a 4 to 1 vote in favour of Landscape format, perhaps the next issue could go back to that, also, could you consider doing the LB photos as part of the normal online MI6 perhaps? However, Don't let my post distract from the brilliant job you do of MI though. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2012 Just downloaded my copy....no problems for me! I went into WH Smiths on St Davids station at Exeter yesterday, and down-loaded a copy of BRM into my rucksack... I sat down in the train home and booted up the ruck-sack, and proceeded to upload the content of the magazine... there were no issues getting the page layout configured to suit my Reading Glasses 2.0 software... What a superb issue. 'Hudson Road' has long been a favourite layout, and just looking at the excellent photos chills me to the bone... Two other very useful 'how to' articles by top RMWeb contributors (Re6/6 and Pugsley), plus the superb images of Little Bytham and Leamington. Well worth the cover price (and I didn't even succumb to the usual WHS offer of a bag load of chocolates for a pound... ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I didn't even succumb to the usual WHS offer of a bag load of chocolates for a pound... In God's name, man, why not? You should never turn down cut-price chocolate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 If the majority vote re MI was in favour of landscape format, this suggests that democracy does not work! I'm sorry but I see nothing wrong with turning the page through 90 degrees to present an illustration at its best and a great deal wrong with having part of the picture disappearing into the crevice caused by perfect binding. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2012 I know I am a bit of a lone voice on the 'landscape verses portrait' debate, but I prefer the portrait format... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'm in a no-win situation with this it appears. I wanted to take into account those who didn't like the landscape format and looked at using some images in portrait form mixed in with a few double-page spreads with a wish to make MI feel more integrated. Some folk who had voted for landscape have privately said to me that they can see where I was coming from and prefer the amended treatment. It's not to say democracy doesn't work Chris but sometimes I want to experiment a little to see what can be done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Even though the image may be smaller I really do prefer the landscape format. There is an advantage - you need more images. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Passing through WHS today there was fortuitously a copy that had been liberated from the p**** **g so I could browse... I have to say I was disappointed by the MI format change this time: as well as the issue of spoiling two page images, it blended in with rest of the mag too well and just didn't have the impact of the previous print editions which stood out as something new and unique. In the end I bought another mag this month... ... ... to make MI feel more integrated. But surely the USP of MI was that it WAS something different that stood out and wasn't just another part of the mag as per your own words in the format poll thread... it's a distinguishing attribute sometimes I want to experiment a little to see what can be done. Fair enough it was worth a try, but in this case I don't think it has worked. You get some credit for the confidence to try something different, but even more credit for acknowledging with hindsight it wasn't the way to go. Given the significant margin in favour of landscape in that poll and the feedback now, I would plead for a return to landscape. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Why not print the whole magazine in landscape format? Just a thought... Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Distinctive. That seems to be a buzzword at the moment. MI in landscape is distinctive, this way it ain't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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