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Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
开云体育On 25/07/2018 18:30, John C via
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We have had reports that it has started landing on UK doormats. Hopefully it will be as quick as last time to get around the world, but as you will see from previous posts we are very much in the hand of the postal services. Mine arrived (in the
UK) on Wednesday. -- Brian Rumary England brian(at)rumary.co.uk |
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Marion and I are attending the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Model Railway Exhibition on Sunday 5th August with the full range of RCL Publications and a selection of REVIEW current and back issues.?And there is an O14 interest in The End of The Line The Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway will be holding their Model Railway Exhibition on Sunday August 5th 2018 with opening hours from 10.30 – 16.30. Entry is free with a ticket for a train ride (?10.50 for adult return, ?6.50 for children aged 2-17), or ?5.00 adults and ?3.00 for children without the train ride. Held partly in the unique setting of the engine shed the exhibition will feature a range of narrow gauge themed layouts in a range of scales, including 16mm live steam and gauges together with trade support. The exhibition also offers the chance to get a close look at the wide variety of steam locos based at the railway including the Baldwin 10-12-D 4-6-0 loco, one of 495 built in 12 months for service on the Western Front and currently the only working example in the UK. Layouts due to appear covering the larger scales include Cambell’s Quarry, Fen End Pit, The End of the Line, Gare de Brindlle, Papperwick Green, Wilstone. Q Dump, and Mulldale. In 009 scale the layouts include That Dam Railway, Holbeach, Royston Wharf, Achalraj, Castle Works, Heys Wharf and the Pym Valley Tramway. Trade support is from John Sutton Books and Models, Sweet 16 and Narrow gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review. A two train service will be in operation on the day giving the opportunity to see trains passing each other along the line. Train tickets which will give free entry to the model railway show can be booked in advance through our website at www.buzzrail.co.uk . For entry to the exhibition on the day only, tickets will be available at the booking office. Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway, Page’s Park Station, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. LU7 4TG?? 01525 373888?station@... |
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开云体育I agree that as a complete item, the paper copy is always going to win for me, and I'd never want to replace mine with an ephemeral digital copy. Having said that, I do wonder if making it easy to obtain (for a fee of course) digital copies of drawings that have appeared in the REVIEW would be useful. If I'm modeling something from a drawing I always end up with numerous printed copies I scrawl all over. If it's a drawing from the REVIEW this means scanning the relevant pages. While not a huge chore getting the scale right, and keeping lines straight across double page drawings etc. is a nightmare. You could even limit this service to just the out of print issues, or issues over a year old etc. so as not to impact at all on the paper copies. I have a feeling Roy has offered to make printed copies of drawings in the past, but an easy to use system for digital copies (and yes I know copyright and digital locks etc. are a problem, but the layout issues go away if we are just talking drawings and not the articles) linked to the search-able index would be great. Mark On 26/07/18 08:36, John C via Groups.Io
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Roy and I have been deliberating over this for some years. There are some substantial costs involved to ensure correct copyright protection. Digital?editions really require a different layout to support small devices which means double the production effort. And having a digital edition is likely to reduce, rather than supplement,?the paper distribution to the point it becomes unviable. And we have had many people stating they prefer the paper as evidenced here. |
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开云体育I certainly would retain the physical magazine, that goes without saying, but I would certainly pay to have back issues in digital format on a year by year basis, perhaps something to consider similar to the way NG&SLG has produced a DVD.?That way at least you are adding to the catalogue, and producing something that might only need to be in a single desktop/tablet format, rather than something that needed, as you say, considerably more work to lay out. Regards, Mark.
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Roy and I have been deliberating over this for some years. There are some substantial costs involved to ensure correct copyright protection. Digital?editions really require a different layout to support small devices which means double the production effort. And having a digital edition is likely to reduce, rather than supplement,?the paper distribution to the point it becomes unviable. And we have had many people stating they prefer the paper as evidenced here.
@Brian - we do have a searchable digital index here:? John |
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William Bryk
Dear Friends: I completely agree with our brother Noel. Fraternally, William Bryk On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 3:09 AM Noel via Groups.Io <noeladams=[email protected]> wrote: No way Brian - not for me at least.? I have every copy since No.1 and browsing through them is one of the innocent joys of life. --
William Bryk 444 Clinton Road Antrim NH 03440 Telephone: 603-588-2168 |
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No way Brian - not for me at least.? I have every copy since No.1 and browsing through them is one of the innocent joys of life.
It's the same argument that I, and millions of others, would use against the suggestion that we should all switch to e-books rather than 'real' books.? The electronic substitute may be a sometimes convenient alternative but does not compare to the pleasure of handling the genuine physical article. Noel |
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开云体育Why,
don’t you fella’s change over to having this mag sent out as a PDF. file,
that way it is almost instant all over the world, much more environmentally
compatible and for those that like to have a paper copy they can simply print it
out for themselves.
In addition to that it could be at the end of each 12 month period a PDF.
is done containing all of the previous 12 months which gives you the option then
of being able to do a search to find a article, instead of flicking through
countless mags trying to find the article you are looking for.
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Brian
Rawbelle County Workshops Qld. Aust. ? Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [o14] Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling
REVIEW ?
Ah, I see. I just think the middle man might slow down your receipt. But no
reason to rock the boat if you’re happy.
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开云体育Ah, I only said something because you originally mentioned the non-delivery delay as being a shared pain so it seemed a faster alternative might be offered. On Jul 25, 2018, at 5:23 PM, jac19412000 <johnacraigmd@...> wrote:
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开云体育At age 77, my definition of "real time" is somewhat "skewed" anyway, and I know that each issue of "Review" and "MRJ' will be a "treat" at whatever time I receive them, so, it "works for me".
JAC From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Dave Eggleston via Groups.Io <degg13@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [o14] Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW ?
Ah, I see. I just think the middle man might slow down your receipt. But no reason to rock the boat if you’re happy.
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开云体育Ah, I see. I just think the middle man might slow down your receipt. But no reason to rock the boat if you’re happy. On Jul 25, 2018, at 4:13 PM, jac19412000 <johnacraigmd@...> wrote:
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开云体育Dave,
Several decades of book purchases from this U.K. dealer, and I just had him add "Review" to my standing order for "MRJ", as that was an easier transaction than subscription back in the "bad old days" before PayPal and such! ?At this point, the dealer is "an old friend", who has tracked down any number of "out of print" railway titles for me -- one of the "nice people" we get to meet through the hobby, so I was disinclined to switch to subscription, after years of good service.
JAC? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Dave Eggleston via Groups.Io <degg13@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 10:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [o14] Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW ?
Why not just have it sent directly to the US via subscription rather than through a UK bookseller??
Dave Eggleston
Seattle, WA?
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开云体育Why not just have it sent directly to the US via subscription rather than through a UK bookseller?? Dave Eggleston Seattle, WA? On Jul 25, 2018, at 2:15 PM, jac19412000 <johnacraigmd@...> wrote:
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开云体育Andrew,
I share your pain, my U.K. bookseller hasn't gotten my copy to Texas as yet!!!?
John A. Craig? Austin, Texas From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Simon Jones <simon@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 9:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [o14] Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW ?
And rub some more - it’s also arrived in the /West/ Midlands (well, Shropshire) ;-)
Cheers
Simon
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On 25 Jul 2018, at 22:03, John C via Groups.Io <jclutterbuck2001@...> wrote:
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Noel