Fair comment Colin BUT my personal MAIN WORRY is That Martyn Chorlton has allready been involved in the demise of one Magazine I Personally dont think this is a very good move at all....Time will tellThere are lots of reasons for a magazine to cease publication, many outside the editors control. As Colin has said, readers can simply drift away to the web or even away altogether. The publishers may simply decide that a title is no longer sufficiently profitable or fits their portfolio. Advertisers could close down and stop paying for the space on the page.
Dave
Hopefully he will take a leaf out of Scale Modeller International, which includes a boat segment, always has more pages than model boats, the so called No.1, now the only one, and ditch the ongoing padding articles. You now, "how to build etc etc part 23 etc etc" and irrelevant ancient information such as pulse radio sets.Personally, I find the vintage articles fascinating - and I bet they help shift copies from people who get all misty-eyed about old models. It helps that they are well written and photographed.He had instituted positive changes to Military Modelling.Doesn't attract 'modern' modellers to our cause and is irrelevant and of no value to them.
the average age of a Model Boats magazine buyer was 65
Colin
Sadly the MEE seems to have gone by the wayside after many, many years.Really? The London exhibition is terrific. A really wide variety of models and popular with visitors too.
A bit of confusion there I think. Peter is presumably referring to the original Model Engineer Exhibition (MEX) which sadly does indeed seem to be defunct having been last held at Brooklands in 2016.
Colin
I don't expect to. It was on life support for years and a shadow of its old self. But the glory days were good times though.Not all modelling communities are shrinking too small to put on shows. Any weekend of the year, you'll find dozens of model railway shows. It might be that there are more railway modellers, almost certainly so, but also that within the hobby there are more people willing to go to the trouble of organising an event. I've spent a lot of time at ME shows and listened to several people bemoan the lack of them ,as well as criticizing the event they are at. I always suggest they put on their own "superior" event but they recoil in horror at the idea.
Shows are disappearing at an alarming rate now though. There will be nothing left soon as the modelling community is no longer big enough to support events at the major venues.
Colin
Perhaps it's just you Neil... ;)
Colin
and another one bites the dust
http://www.bristolmodelengineers.co.uk/Exhibition/exhib.htm (http://www.bristolmodelengineers.co.uk/Exhibition/exhib.htm)
Neil,
They tend to get short shrift in a polite sort of way, usually by being pointed in the direction of doing a bit of research for themselves instead of expecting us to provide free tutorials or instant answers.
I'm just sorry that that one experience many years ago put you off for ever and that you have missed so much as a result.
Colin
Neil,
As for being a crusty old sod I do recall you once informing me that you could start a fight in an empty room but I'm told that advancing old age has mellowed you considerably ok2
Colin
I put it down to listening to Classic FM instead of AC/DC, lol.
I'm shocked Neil :o not listening to that great Aussie rock band, you must really be getting old {-)
PS, don't tell anyone, but I'm not a big fan either %)
Peter.
£500 at ticket!!! {:-{ >>:-(
..................The band was AC/DC...….…..just can't afford a ticket these days...…..£500 quid a ticket seated...….they beat any American heavy metal band, hands down.
Any one have a spare copy they'd like to sell, or know where I can get a copy of, Model Boats September 2020?I missed out on my subscription copy and Model Boats can't supply a replacement.The local newsagents haven't got the August issue and aren't expecting to get it or the September one.
Was just checking the publication date of the new Model Boats magazine and noticed that it was shown as the December 2020/January 2021 edition. Does this mean that they are going to bimonthly issues?
Jim
Mine arrived on MondayMaybe contributors to the mag get special treatment!
Maybe contributors to the mag get special treatment!
Hi all mine arrived today I see it is labelled Dec/Jan? Do we lose a month? Would not this month have been the 70th. anniversary of the magazine?
Roy
Roy
I am not sure if you are confused. Model Boats has been 13 issues for many years. 12 + the special. Subscriptions are still for 13 issues if you read the "about the magazine" section.
https://mb.secureorder.co.uk/modb/bar/ (https://mb.secureorder.co.uk/modb/bar/)
My reply earlier in this thread:
Simple answer, No,
From Model Boats magazine forum, it explains all:
https://www.modelboats.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=169228 (https://www.modelboats.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=169228)
One of the reasons i don't buy it now never much in it for me now.
Regards Howard.
How do you know if you never look at it? Or are you a WH Smith browser who reads some of it and then puts it back? %% %%It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to look before you buy to see if there is anything interesting. Even an article title on the title page doesn't tell you whether the article is of any interest. How else are you supposed to know?
Greg
It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to look before you buy if there is often nothing that you want to read.