RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted December 9, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2009 Subs. copy arrived today:- News - 5 pages of mostly Warley related announcements Melcombe Magna - Mike Baker describes his O gauge late 50s S&D BLT with narrow gauge - 10 pages Cattle Dock - James Lavery describes construction thereof - 6 pages Swanage Goods Shed - Steve Jones scratchbuilds a model in OO - 4 pages Cleckheaton Central - layout plan by Evan Green-Hughes - 3 pages Clayton Chassis replacement - Paul Marshall-Potter shows how to fit the new chassis / do Heljan's QA for them - 2 pages LMS CCT - Phil Parker builds the Parkside OO kit - 3 pages 2 pages of letters Walford Town - Richard Harper describes this EM layout set in 1980s East London - 8 pages Reviews - Bachmann 4 CEP and 3MT plus other recent stuff - 24 pages Reality check -Evan Green-Hughes writes about the 1:1 scale 3MT - 4 pages Brockley Green S.E.4 - John Wass describes his EM gauge Southern Region transition era layout - 8 pages How to install 3rd rail in OO - Mike Wild shows you how - 2 pages 2-BIL for Bay Street -Mike Wild builds a Kirk kit - 2 pages Reader projects - 2 pages Railway Realism - 3rd rail electrics at 1:1 scale by Evan Green-Hughes - 4 pages I think that's about it for content unless I've missed something lurking in between the adverts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCAR6015 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 The modeling content and quality of its production is always top rate. l think this months edition is exceptional. The grade of paper used and the method of binding also contribute to its overall image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted December 11, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2009 The modeling content and quality of its production is always top rate. l think this months edition is exceptional. The grade of paper used and the method of binding also contribute to its overall image. There certainly seems to be a focus this month on big, high impact photos, particularly in the layout articles, and the result is certainly impressive. I'm wondering if this is a move to differentiate themselves from the other magazines, where the photos often playn second fiddle to the text - that's an observation not an accusation, for the avoidance of doubt. Reminds me of the early days of BRM when their use of pretty much 100% colour photography and big photos made RM look very staid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted December 12, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2009 oooohhh having read it properly now there's a two page article on the real Javelins nestling in the middle of the review section, and - for subscribers at least, not sure about shop copies - a 2010 year per page calendar with a different A4 landscape photo of one of 2009's top layouts for each month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted December 15, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2009 oooohhh having read it properly now there's a two page article on the real Javelins nestling in the middle of the review section, and - for subscribers at least, not sure about shop copies - a 2010 year per page calendar with a different A4 landscape photo of one of 2009's top layouts for each month. Bought my copy in local branch of Smiffs today, the calendar was included. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted December 15, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good edition - is it me or has the layout/format changed slightly? Looks better somehow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted December 15, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good edition - is it me or has the layout/format changed slightly? Looks better somehow! I haven't done a side by side comparison with an earlier edition but yes, it did look a bit different, plus the seemingly bigger layout photos I mentioned above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted December 15, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good edition - is it me or has the layout/format changed slightly? Looks better somehow! Hi Chris I understand a new designer is on board as part of the team so there will be some tweaks, but more a case of evolution rather than revolution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted December 15, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2009 Them new designer folk - can't help but tweak can they Good result anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of the Badgers Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Isn't Melcombe Magna blummin fantastic... so envious of the chap's skill (and not to mention, space!) But yeah, another top HM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 As it's in one of those irritating plastic bags I haven't been able to browse so not purchased. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I don't often buy HM but did this month. It seems to have shifted away from the toy train end of the market since the last time I bought it. I liked the layout features on Walford Town and Brockley Green - excellent photos in both. Also a handy piece on the Standard 3 tank. The prototype article on SR EMUs is let down a bit by some rather wayward information in the table of dates. 6-PUL stock (originally called 6-COR) was introduced for the Brighton electrification in 1933 so the sets were built rather earlier than the 1936 date given. Similarly, 6-PAN stock was for the 1935 Eastbourne/Hastings electrification (not 1936). BR Standard 2-EPBs pre-dated the SR 2-EPB by several years. Dates given for the SR 2-HAP and SR 2-EBP are way too early in the 1950s. The SR 2-EPBs were the last 'Bulleid' EMUs not 2-HAPs, and were referred to early on as 2-NOP (not sure whether this was ever official though). BR Standard 4-EPBs were more like 1960 than 1957. The table omits 4-RES completely. 2-SAP given as 1957 (no - 1969 temporarily then 1974 for downgraded BR 2-HAP and 1976 for downgraded SR 2-HAP). The first second-generation 4-SUBs appeared before 1948, though most were built after nationalisation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 As it's in one of those irritating plastic bags I haven't been able to browse so not purchased. steve I agree, those plastic bags are very irritating! But I think we can forgive HM this month, as the bag is present due to the inclusion of the free 2010 calendar. The calendar is rather fab - and it's worth the cost of the mag in itself - even with the lack of representation of diesels, for those of us who are fans of such things. These days, I don't usually buy mags wrapped in bags, as I've too often been dissapointed with the content of the mag! I agree that HM is looking great. I used to buy MRJ, with an occasional purchase of Railway Modeller, or BRM - but these days I seem to go for HM every month! Its' content just seems to be so good - high quality layouts, great photos, and interesting text. Well done Mike Wild! Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted December 24, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2009 Another good issue - as ever, it gives a lot of food for thought. Nice calendar as well - I see that Graham M's layout is featured, as well it should be. But then HM is almost the RMWeb member's journal anyway with so many of the regular contributors being members on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJM Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I have always enjoyed the layout and paper quilaty of HM but without trying upset anyone I find myself loosing interest not only in HM but all of the "big four mags" seem to focus on steam era layouts, anyone coming into the hobby for the first time must be completly confused about the whole hobby, what we need is one of the big four to break away into more D&E layouts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Strange you say that, a friend of mine is giving up his subscription to Model Rail because it's got too much D&E stuff in it. I must say that Hornby mag is getting better and better. (Thoroughly enjoyed Melcombe) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 The modeling content and quality of its production is always top rate. The grade of paper used and the method of binding also contribute to its overall image. Yeah, just like Railway Modeller. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Strange you say that, a friend of mine is giving up his subscription to Model Rail because it's got too much D&E stuff in it. Odd My impression is that 'Model Rail' has been getting steamier, while 'Hornby mag' has been increasing it's D&E content of late. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudie30 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Having been away from the hobby for a year i still kept reading the mags and i must say that HM is by far my favourite and the Jan 10 issue has not been a let down. The Calender is alread up on the wall. Good stuff guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 As it's in one of those irritating plastic bags I haven't been able to browse so not purchased. steve This is one of the never ending cyclical issues about mags, every time it's in a bag some won't buy it, every time something that should be in it but isn't because it's not bagged gets flagged up too. If it's in a bag and you want to know what's in it ask the shop if they'll open one for inspection. I'm trying to steer such topics away from repetition of something that's a publisher's decision at the end of the day; it would be better placed in a specific topic about bagging (although we've been there before) rather than duplicated each time an issue arises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mikes rail Posted January 9, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2010 Or look on somewere like say RMweb and someone will have posted the contents of the mag, then you will know if to buy or not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 when is the Feb edition due out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 12, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2010 Friday methinks, subs copies should be landing on Thursday and might be in newsys too by then ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 12, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2010 when is the Feb edition due out? I made the mistake of using the calendar to tell me when the next issue is out. It said January 8th (being the second Friday in the month), but when I couldnt find it in the shops I checked the previous issue (january 2010) and it said Friday 15th. Must be something to do with the new year holiday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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