1466 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I’ve been reading the Modeller for over 50 years and am surprised by the cover of the November 2021 issue . It features , for the first time as far as I recall , a product rather than a layout - Bachman’s new tooling and admirable Gresley V2 . The photos are great and showcase a fine product . But are they a form of advertising or even an endorsement? If so , will , let us say , Hornby or others have a “right to reply “ or their turn ? Am I right to believe that this the first time a manufacturer or product has taken the full cover ? Any comments? Ken 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 14, 2021 Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2021 It's not unique, there was a D Class cover in 2019. And to be fair, RM has a history of unusual covers. This one isn't a product, but not what you'd expect on a model railway magazine. And there was a royal train cover to commemorate Charles & Diana's wedding. 11 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1466 Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Thanks , Phil , for jogging my memory! The cover to commemorate Queen Elizabeth the Second’ s coronation predates my reading the Modeller . What high hopes were around at the dawn of the new Elizabethan era ! Ken 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2021 In addition to Phil’s pic above of the D Class, there have been others with one with multiple products shown that I recall. Whilst they’re different I don’t see them as a cover that requires a balancing cover from a.n. other manufacturer/s. Clearly the editorial team decided these were worthy of a dedicated cover image. All of the manufacturers get a ‘front cover’ image from time to time, it’s just normally the model is on a layout. I like them and it’s nice to see a different style, as a discretionary purchaser this different style would attract my attention, which is what the cover is all about. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2021 It's no different from a pic of a new Golf on a motoring mag, or a new Nikon on a photo mag. Product reviews sell mags and that's that. At a time when printed media are up agin it, and our bit of the market has multiple decent publications, any advantage needs to be sought. 2 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2021 I can see I'm not the only one browsing RM covers and indulging in a spot of nostalgia this morning! It's free, too, if you only want to see the covers. I'm not currently an RM subscriber, but I have the app on my iPad and the whole lot have recently appeared as per the recent announcement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I guess a lot of people buy the magazine for the reviews and product information, so from that point of view it makes sense to put what they are reviewing on the cover. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Mallard60022 Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2021 Well, if that's as 'controversial' as RM gets then all is well in the World. P 9 12 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 It would be controversial if Hornby Magazine had a Bachmann V2 on the cover. Not sure about the girl in the fancy hat. Might have missed something there, Maybe they wanted an LMS Pacific and the photog got the assignment wrong. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Popular Post Phil Parker Posted October 14, 2021 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2021 Maybe this is the future. 7 1 1 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, 1466 said: Thanks , Phil , for jogging my memory! The cover to commemorate Queen Elizabeth the Second’ s coronation predates my reading the Modeller . What high hopes were around at the dawn of the new Elizabethan era ! Ken It is unlikely that whoever compiled that well wishing cover, would have expected HM to still be around, almost 70 years later. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Phil Parker said: Maybe this is the future. Similar things were seen in the past. At about the same date as the Coronation one, there were a few others featuring people (shock horror!) including a couple that showed young women (in immaculate 1950s mid-range fashion clothes) admiring layouts, one a garden railway IIRC. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Phil Parker said: Maybe this is the future. Oh gawd, Garden Railways Editor sabotages readership who’s hearts can’t take the excitement The Heljan Manning Wardle also got a full cover shot albeit on a layout so it’s fairly regular. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 June 2015 GNR C1 4-4-2 June 2016 APT-E April 2018 SECR P 0-6-0T I think they had the NRM/Bachmann Midland Compound on the cover as well. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 3 hours ago, DCB said: It would be controversial if Hornby Magazine had a Bachmann V2 on the cover. Not sure about the girl in the fancy hat. Might have missed something there, Maybe they wanted an LMS Pacific and the photog got the assignment wrong. It may be worth looking at the current issue,,, https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/HM0173/Hornby-magazine-november-2021 Hornby Magazine has nothing to do with Hornby apart from the name. It's published by Key and has featured Bachmann and other manufacturers models on the cover on a regular basis. Jason 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2021 Plus the cover has given me another reason not to like the new V2 - that big ugly coupling between the loco and tender which the review inside says isnt adjustable and leaves an approx 5mm gap on the straights, larger on the curves. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2021 Model railway magazine covers are quite uncontroversial compared to, say, photographic magazines in the past. As for Practical Model Railways, it didn't last very long, did it? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Phil Parker said: Maybe this is the future. 11 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said: Model railway magazine covers are quite uncontroversial compared to, say, photographic magazines in the past. As for Practical Model Railways, it didn't last very long, did it? No, it's readership discovered other interests and better magazines for their new found interest. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, D9020 Nimbus said: Model railway magazine covers are quite uncontroversial compared to, say, photographic magazines in the past. As for Practical Model Railways, it didn't last very long, did it? About six years or so. Whether that's long or not I don't know as there was a lot of magazines that appeared in the 1980s that disappeared after about two issues. 1983 until 1989 ISTR. Got most of them, but somehow not the one above. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Similar things were seen in the past. At about the same date as the Coronation one, there were a few others featuring people (shock horror!) including a couple that showed young women (in immaculate 1950s mid-range fashion clothes) admiring layouts, one a garden railway IIRC. Ye Gods! The decadence! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Mallard60022 said: Well, if that's as 'controversial' as RM gets then all is well in the World. P But ... but ... - have you seen Page Three!? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: But ... but ... - have you seen Page Three!? Always the 2nd contents page now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2021 13 hours ago, D9020 Nimbus said: Model railway magazine covers are quite uncontroversial compared to, say, photographic magazines in the past. Not for nothing was Amateur Photographer known as "The weekly with the girls on the front"! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted October 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: But ... but ... - have you seen Page Three!? Or the centrefold???? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, DLT said: Or the centrefold???? Or on occasion the sealed section? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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