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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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Arrived in Belgium Wednesday 25 July.
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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,
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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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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
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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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Arrived in Yorkshire today. ? We beat Lancashire yesterday, Root took 4 for 5, God is in his heaven tossing down lightning bolts, for the next few hours even Brexit doesn't matter. ? Frank
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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
Full details below:
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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On 25/07/2018 18:30, John C via
Groups.Io wrote:
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.
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Brian Rumary
England
brian(at)rumary.co.uk
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Still bereft in Northamptonshire. ??
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#115 arrived Toronto, Ontario today! Happily being read now,
‘ David Woodhead
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No longer bereft in Northamptonshire.
Now deeply conflicted as postie brought both Review 115 and Narrow Lines 232. I'm reading one article in each magazine, in turn!!
Happy Days,
Adrian
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My copy arrived in Sydney, Australia today.
Bruce
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Arrived in Portarlington, Vic, Australia today as well. Yippee!
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On 2 Aug 2018, at 4:58 pm, Rod Hutchinson < rodhutchy@...> wrote: My copy arrived in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne today.
Rod Hutchinson
Mooroolbark
Australia
My copy arrived in Sydney, Australia today.
Bruce
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Issue 116 has been sent to the printers with despatch due in the next week or two.?The contents are as follows:
- Fen End Pit - The Rebuild - David Barham describes improvements to his 16mm layout
- The Other Way Around… - More on the Road-Rail system from Jonathan Palterman
- 7mm Scale Trees - Robin Edwards show you how to build deciduous trees
- Die Adlershorst Waldbahn - Part 1 - Making the forest by Roy C Link
- Kalka-Simla Articulated Locomotives - Archive material
- Kalka-Simla Rly in Postcards - Colour postcards from the past
- Equipment for Huffkins Mine - Modelling excellence from Stuart McPherson in 1:24 scale
- Compressed Air Mining Locomotive - Archive material
- Surviving the heat - Long term layout ownership with John Clutterbuck
Please login to check your subscription status (or take one out) here:?
John
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I suspect 116 may be arriving on UK doormats today - if not then Monday
John
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Damm I am on holiday until Tuesday! I will just have to wait.
Cheers Robin
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From: o14@groups.io <o14@groups.io> on behalf of John C via Groups.Io <jclutterbuck2001@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:37:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [o14] Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
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I suspect 116 may be arriving on UK doormats today - if not then Monday
John
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Mine arrived today
(Monday) so you haven't missed much!
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Brian Rumary
England
brian(at)rumary.co.uk
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REVIEW 116 arrived with Tuesday’s postal delivery in Belgium - and is already three-quarters read!
David WOODCOCK
Champlon, Belgique
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 ?Issue 117 is on its way to the printers for distribution later this month. The contents are as follows:
- The Hebridean Light Railway - Tom Dauben describes his 4mm scale ‘might have been’
- The Mating Game - Seven Years on - Working 7mm scale chopper couplers by John Clutterbuck
- Slater’s 16mm Scale Simplex - 2 - Roy C Link completes the kit and adds DCC sound
- Penrhyn Quarry ‘Skinner’ and its Blood Brother - Research and drawings by Stuart L Baker
- W G Bagnall Mercedes Class - Drawings by Stuart L Baker
- 7/8 Scale Motor-Rail G-series - James Hilton describes his large scale model
- Motor-Rail G-series - Archive material from Alan Keef
- A Franco-Belge (Bourdon) - Locomotive for the Panama Canal - Paul Berntsen speed-builds a 1:32 scale model
- Plus the usual Reviews, Letters and Jottings
Subscribers can check their status by logging in to their account here:??You may notice we have done quite a few updates to the website. Key changes are a new section and books and back issues can now be ordered without an account (subscriptions will still need one)John
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I have posted a video of Roy's Simplex in our new REVIEW extras section:
John
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Adrian Gray
Robin Edwards