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Model Forum / General / Railroads / November 2009Need help - what model rail mags do you read?
A very broad and subjective question but I need help What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best one? Finally, can you anyone provide contact details for placing adverts? Thanks in advance  SignatureMike Hughes Marketing Co-ordinator NMRA British Region Modelling the North American Way Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ Double-O gauge society Journal Model Railroader Model Railway Journal SignatureJane >A very broad and subjective question but I need help > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks in advance >Double-O gauge society Journal >Model Railroader >Model Railway Journal Railway Modeller ("old reliable") Gauge O Guild Gazette Historical Model Railway Society Journal All good in their very different ways. >>A very broad and subjective question but I need help >> >> What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the >> best one? >> >> Finally, can you anyone provide contact details for placing adverts? SignatureAndy Breen ~ Speaking for myself, not the University of Wales "your suggestion rates at four monkeys for six weeks" (Peter D. Rieden) >A very broad and subjective question but I need help > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks in advance Model Railroader http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=2638 Hornby Magazine http://www.hornbymagazine.com/advertise.php >A very broad and subjective question but I need help > >What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best >one? It depends what you want. The best modelling is in the Model Railway Journal. Even if we don't have that skill level it shows the state of the art and what we can aspire to. But it's not for people who who run Hornby or Bachmann out of the box. The bigger circulation magazines are obviously more popular. (tautology alert) so look at the circulation figures. >Finally, can you anyone provide contact details for placing adverts? What do you want to advertise? Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. Once upon a time these were displayed somewhere in the magazine in small print but they are also available from the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Here is their page on Railway Modeller... http://www.abc.org.uk/Data/ProductPage.aspx?tid=342 But I suspect most people who buy that also buy the similar magazines. If you are a cottage industry manufacturing something for a specific scale or railway you might do better advertising in a specialist society journal. >Thanks in advance >>A very broad and subjective question but I need help >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >What do you want to advertise? As many British outline modellers also model American I'm considering advertising the NMRA British Region in the model press. As always cost is a very important factors, especially as I have to get it approved by the Board of Directors ! That's why I want to find out what people read so that we can target the advertising. Thank you all who have already responded please keep them coming. >Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits >what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >>Thanks in advance SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ > Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits > what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. Surely the whole point of WH Smith is that you don't have to *buy* magazines to read them... SignatureArthur Figgis Surrey, UK >> Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits >> what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. > >Surely the whole point of WH Smith is that you don't have to *buy* >magazines to read them... I'm from a generation where you didn't use book shops as reading rooms. It's something I never noticed until I moved to the USA 20 years ago and was surprised how many people would take magazines off the shelves, read them and put them back. >>> Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits >>> what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > years ago and was surprised how many people would take magazines off > the shelves, read them and put them back. They even provide comfy chairs to sit and read them, and a Starbucks for when you get a caffeine craving. SignatureMartin S. >>>> Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits >>>> what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >They even provide comfy chairs to sit and read them, and a Starbucks for >when you get a caffeine craving. <MODE=IKB>Bad burned corn craving</IKB> SignatureAndy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair) > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:33:41 +0000, Arthur Figgis > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > rooms. It's something I never noticed until I moved to the USA 20 > years ago People have done this with Magazines in Smiths for at least 30 years, maybe forever. MBQ >>> Buy one of each at W.H.Smith and see if the modelling content fits >>> what you want to advertise and then compare the circulation figures. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > years ago and was surprised how many people would take magazines off > the shelves, read them and put them back. When I was a wee lad (before moving to the USA 58 years ago), I'd read the Beano in WH Smith and buy sweeties with the thruppence I saved. > "Christopher A. Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote... >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > When I was a wee lad (before moving to the USA 58 years ago), I'd read > the Beano in WH Smith and buy sweeties with the thruppence I saved. In the late 50s/early 60s my dad had a newsagent's business, so I got to read all the comics for free the day before they were delivered to the customers! Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer, Eagle, etc. SignatureMartin S. >> "Christopher A. Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote... >>>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > read all the comics for free the day before they were delivered to the > customers! Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer, Eagle, etc. And the Annuals! Brings back memories. Early 60s I was in England serving in the USAF. Stationed just outside Swindon. > In the late 50s/early 60s my dad had a newsagent's business, so I got to > read all the comics for free the day before they were delivered to the > customers! Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer, Eagle, etc. Lucky you. :-) I currently read Model Railroader, Railroad Model Craftsman and occasionally pick up Railway Modeller if they have anything of interest, say on the Southern of BR(S). There are also some North America annual magazines that I pick up. SignatureCheers. Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ > A very broad and subjective question but I need help > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks in advance If you model the scene in the last 30 years then I'd say that Rail Express is the one to buy, although it a covers the full size "models" as well as our smaller ones! Fred X > A very broad and subjective question but I need help > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks in advance What about the web? I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't buy mags for one reason or another. There's any number of forums, info sites etc, both general and focused, out there. Cheers Richard SignatureI have become...............comfortably numb >A very broad and subjective question but I need help > >What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best >one? I have a subscription to Model Rail, and every now and then I'll buy one of the others from the newsagent if there's something interesting on the cover. >Finally, can you anyone provide contact details for placing adverts? The information is in all the mags themselves, so just buy one that you're interested in using and look there. Mark SignatureBlog: http://mark.goodge.co.uk Stuff: http://www.good-stuff.co.uk > I have a subscription to Model Rail, and every now and then I'll buy > one of the others from the newsagent if there's something interesting > on the cover. > Mark Not getting caught out on that one again. Bought BRM this month cos said editorial by Simon Kohler, it didnt lie but he was just saying how wonderful BRM is. Cheers, Simon > A very broad and subjective question but I need help > > What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best > one? "Model Railway Journal" "British Railway Modelling" ... and sometimes ... "Railway Modeller" if I see it on the shelf, the other two are sent to me:-) > Finally, can you anyone provide contact details for placing adverts? Buy (or take a seek peek in a newsagent) they all have their contact details in there SignatureAll the best, Chris > "Model Railway Journal" > "British Railway Modelling" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > "Railway Modeller" if I see it on the shelf, the other two are sent to > me:-) I subscribe to MRJ and BRM. No newsagents on the island so I only see RM when a friend in England sends it to me about once a year - that's sufficient for me. SignatureBruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk> "Resistance is NOT futile, it's voltage divided by current" >A very broad and subjective question but I need help > > What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best > one? There's no such thing; some months one magazine is best, the following month it's another - in other words it depends on the month-to-month content and your own personal interests. The only two magazines I take on an 'every issue' basis are UpDate - journal of DEMU (Diesel & Electric Modellers United) and Model Railway Journal, but the current issue of 'Railway Modeller' is excellent as its content appeals to me. John. > A very broad and subjective question but I need help > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks in advance Like Mark G' I have a subscription to HORNBY, and every now and then I'll buy one of the others from W H Smith if there's something interesting on the cover or a DVD for our son. Arthur F's comment " Surely the whole point of WH Smith is that you don't have to *buy* magazines to read them... " is true for most mag's but many now have a plastic cover. The people in our local W H Smith can be a pain ..... standing in the way whilst I try to get a mag to BUY, so I send my boy in, he ask's them once to move then he just gives a push. Chris >> A very broad and subjective question but I need help >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Chris Similar thing here in the USA with Borders Books. I have to use a cane when walking and find it most helpful in clearing an aisle in the magazine sections. This is only necessary when the comfy seats near the coffee bar are all taken ... >> A very broad and subjective question but I need help >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Chris That's one of my pet hates, personally I think WH SMith should crack down on the browsers as I for one do not to buy some dog-eared copy of a magazine which others have been reading. My local newsagent has the right idea, anyone he sees browsing gets asked to leave the shop unless they buy something unfortunately his range of magazines is limited (mostly womens mags, car mags and the "lads" mags) so for some of the computer and railway magazines I buy I go into Smith's in town. I suppose I could get more of my magazines by susbscripton although there's always the danger they can "go missing" in the post - especially at the present. >>> A very broad and subjective question but I need help >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > down on the browsers as I for one do not to buy some dog-eared copy of > a magazine which others have been reading. Why don't you buy the one behind the one people have read, like everyone else does? My local newsagent has the > right idea, anyone he sees browsing gets asked to leave the shop > unless they buy something unfortunately his range of magazines is > limited Perhaps because people go to WHS to browse, and thus buy there, and so they can support a better range? > (mostly womens mags, car mags and the "lads" mags) so for some > of the computer and railway magazines I buy I go into Smith's in town. > > I suppose I could get more of my magazines by susbscripton although > there's always the danger they can "go missing" in the post - > especially at the present. SignatureArthur Figgis Surrey, UK >> That's one of my pet hates, personally I think WH SMith should crack >> down on the browsers as I for one do not to buy some dog-eared copy of >> a magazine which others have been reading. > > Why don't you buy the one behind the one people have read, like everyone > else does? Ah, but I read the one behind the one that everyone else has read. Cheers, Simon > My local newsagent has the > right idea, anyone he sees browsing gets asked to leave the shop > unless they buy something unfortunately his range of magazines is > limited (mostly womens mags, car mags and the "lads" mags) so for some > of the computer and railway magazines I buy I go into Smith's in town Ditto with mine - once upon a time, then I gave him a list of what I wanted and he for them in every month and put one of each by for me. Must be working for him as they appear to sell. But seriously newsagents *can* and if local "one man bands" usually *will* order in ones and two. <holier than thou mode>I always purchase locally from small traders if I can, and am proud of the fact that I have not made a purchase at any form of Tescos in nearly 15 years!</holier than thou mode> SignatureAll the best, Chris > A very broad and subjective question but I need help > What model rail magazines do you read? What in your opinion is the best > one? Railway Modeller and Model Rail. I used to think that the latter was the hands-down winner but Railway Modeller's come on a hell of a lot recently and seem to have put a lot of effort into modernising their design. Throughout most of this year, there's been a pretty solid run of NER/LNER related articles, including a number of layouts I've seen in the flesh. SignatureJades' First Encounters Site - http://www.jades.org/ffe.htm The best Frontier: First Encounters site on the Web. nospam@jades.org is currently broken, please reply on group! |
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