Ron Heggs Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Have just been looking at this latest issue online It's great to be reading this 3 weeks before I receive the printed copy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2012 Our beloved Westerners 'Wencombe' is in it I believe.Whats it like Ron ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Our beloved Westerners 'Wencombe' is in it I believe.Whats it like Ron ? Very good article on an extremely competently modelled and detailed layout with a large scenic section and a much smaller fiddle area Plenty of photos over a 7 page spread - very enjoyable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I can't wait to see it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Alan You won't be disappointed Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I can't wait to see it You may find it strangely familiar..... My article on milk traffic should be in there too which ties in nicely with your excellently modelled dairy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I'm glad you got it published Karhedron. I will look forward to reading it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I haven't bought RM for years, I read my friend's copy and he reads my BRM. However, - this month I'm buying my own copy of RM to see and have Alan's great work in print for myself ('cause it's so good). Now we learn Karhedron hopes his article on milk traffic is in there too; great - something I want to know more about. Apparently, some more modified CJF plans will also be in it; I'm always up for them. Just remembered too - forty one years to the month since I bought my first RM; December 1971 issue; in them days, 'Published on the 20th day of preceding month.' Anyway, 'Hey, local model shop, save me a copy!' Now where's that 18p... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyboy Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Back before my time in 1971,18p for a copy of Railway Modeller, now it's nearly £4, how times have changed..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That's right, Sammyboy. That said, far more pages in the Railway Modeller and all the other modelling magazines these days so we can settle into seven page spreads of layouts which would never have been the case all those years back. And of course, it's all in colour now = many changes have been for the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Also worth thinking about is the issue I quoted in the article (Jan 1970) was 3 shillings (15p). looking at the adverts the Wrenn A4 was £7-9-11 (£7-50) Ie 50 times the cost of RM.Now with the RM at £3-75, at Hattons an A4 can cost as little as £72-00 and £110, between 19 and 29 times dearer than RM so comparitively the locos are much cheaper or the mag more expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I'm never too good at working out perceived values, but that's food for thought, Alan, especially considering what magazines and locos offer us these days. What I can say is, there's one thing printed or digital copies of today cannot replicate - the old ones smelled lovely and still do! And the books of the time, too. Someone told me it was the ink they used back then. Can anyone confirm that, or was it the paper? Sorry if I digress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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