Re: ASdvoce requested: model magazines
- From: "Graham Harrison" <edward.obvious.harrison1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:02:02 -0000
"Wolf K." <wolfkir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My Aunt has offered to buy me a subscription to a monthly journal, and I'm
having a devil of a time deciding what to ask for. Would you be kind
enough to provide your comments on the currently available model and
railway magazines. Most mags I've browsed recently seem to me to be more
promotions of "the trade" and of tourist lines than purveyors of useful
information.
Thanks.
First I think you need to consider what you want from the magazine. Is
your interest in UK railways, Europe or North America because, as far as I
can see, the magazines readily available tend to major on one of those 3
geographical subjects. Then, what period are you interested in? Modern
or historical? "Real" railways or preserved?
Having recently got interested in modelling, and planning to plan US I read
Model Railroader but I also read Hornby because, at least at the moment,
it's running some very basic articles that I think I need. I've joined the
NMRA and I get both their US and UK magazines, at the moment. As far as
full size trains are concerned I read Modern Railways because I feel it
provides an authoritative, professional but understandable view of the UK
raailway scene. I've read a couple of issues of Trains re the US and I'm
considering a sub to that as well.
.
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