Hornby Magazine Issue 4 - Out Now!

Nice pictures of the Bath Green Park model, I'm looking forward to Warley!

A really good issue (all 4 have been so far). I particularly liked Bath Green Park. There is lots of reading in the mag and covering some really good subjects, I've not seen elsewhere before- like the anglicising of the Faller Road system. Also liked the article on what to see at a Country Station.

Good news it is now monthly!

Its odd , and probably not a coincidence, but all 4 modelling magazines seem to be arriving at the same time this month. Faced with the choice at WH Smith I elected to buy Hornby Mag and Model Rail,but left the Railway Modeller behind as I could not see its content due to it being wrapped. No sign of BRM,which should have been out. However, I find this is only an occasional buy now.

Russell

QUOTE (rb277170 @ 14 Sep 2007, 16:24) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>....all 4 modelling magazines seem to be arriving at the same time this month.....

RM have been saying that this and their next few issues are coming out a week earlier "to allow maximum exposure for our December 2007 and January 2008 issues" apparently because they will both have CDs.
It will be interesting to see if RM continues with the earlier issue dates in 2008.

Regards,
John Webb

So wheres the review and whats in it this month although i'm only semi interested as it doesn't really cover my modelling eras

From my point of view there's a lot of good stuff, but it's the advertisment at the bottom right of page 111 that's got me making this post. Yes folks, after an interval of several years since it was first announced, it looks like the SuperQuick coal tower may actually be about to hit the shelves. The photo looks like an actual model but the item itself doesn't feature on the company website yet (as of Friday 14th September).

There's also an "image" of an ash plant. I use the term image loosely as I can't tell whether it's an artist's impression or a photo. Given the gestation period for the coaling tower, if this is an artist's impression, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the real thing.

David

QUOTE it looks like the SuperQuick coal tower may actually be about to hit the shelves

I have seen it for sale at a recent toy fair.

Happy modelling
Gary

I echo doubleOO's comments - really a very good read without the Mag being nearly all ads and not much content

Its possibly the best issue yet!

I do like the feature on small layouts with several track plans offered. Hornby Magazine definitely seem to be targeting 1960's man with limited space and there are a lot of us around!

Happy modelling
Gary

QUOTE I do like the feature on small layouts with several track plans offered.
I liked that too, but I was looking for ideas of how to fill in some empty corners with railway connected industry.

I do like the mix of articles.

David

i quite liked this months Hornby. i think it made up for a poor showing from model rail (which i thought was too diesel and too DCC for my liking this month).

The station roof on bath green part is just stunning!

Peter

QUOTE The station roof on bath green part is just stunning!
So now we know what the Alan Gibson etchings look like when built up. This set of etches has come up in a thread before. If you fancy a set of your own, this link will take you to the Alan Gibson website hosted by the Scalefour Society.

As you say, it really is stunning.

David

Overall I was very impressed with the mag. I too liked the article on small layouts, after all I am building one at present while obtaining more stock for its big brother.
Other points of interest: the Faller roadway conversion - you can also do it with the bus chassis - I have seen one in the flesh. The review section is nicely balanced and overall I found the selection of layouts nicely varied.

Regards

QUOTE you can also do it with the bus chassis - I have seen one in the flesh

I'm sure I saw one at Warley in December 2005 - was it Dewsbury Midland? If it wasn't that one, it was a layout it was almost impossible to get near for the crush.

David