which camp are you in ??

[Larry]

W/in 50 miles of me the Walmarts don't carry any of the Model Railroad magazines. They use to back about 5 years. I ask the magazine distributors everytime I see one & they tell me everytime that these magazines are only by subscription. I have a Books-A-Million about 45 minutes south of me & if your there when they are delivered you can get one. If you wait 2 or 3 days won't be any. That's like a Public Library w/the big soft couches & long padded benches. Sometimes on the weekends when I get down there that store is full of teenagers reading in every nook & cranny.

[tootnkumin]

W/in 50 miles of me the Walmarts don't carry any of the Model Railroad magazines. Sometimes on the weekends when I get down there that store is full of teenagers reading in every nook & cranny.

You mean that near where you live there are teenagers ACTUALLY reading BOOKS!!

[Will landers]

You mean that near where you live there are teenagers ACTUALLY reading BOOKS!!

Who said they were reading? There are pictures in there. LOL!!!

[tootnkumin]

On the street here I try to avoid teenagers, not 'cause I'm afraid OF them but 'cause they're always twiddling their thumbs and not watching where they're going.

[Old 97]

On the street here I try to avoid teenagers, not 'cause I'm afraid OF them but 'cause they're always twiddling their thumbs and not watching where they're going.

Real live zombies! I see adult ones all day too.

But getting back to the OP, I prefer model railroader.

[montanan]

I subscribe to both but MRC is my favorite being that I am into scratchbuilding. For the most part, my model railroad has been planned out years ago and I am just plodding along following my main plan. MR does seem to be more interested in the newest things out on the market. Being that I operate DC and am a lone operator and have no need for DCC, I have no use for the many articles on the subject, but I do enjoy the layout stories and photos. Also enjoy the MRH mag. Between the three, the hobby is pretty well covered.

[catt]

My only subscription is MRH (online) the other two along with N scale and N Scale Railroading give me an excuse to hit the LHS to check out what is new and interesting and swap lies with the MRR's that work the train counter.

Plus it gets me off my butt and out into the real world.

[otiscnj]

I had a MRR subscription from the mid 70's to the mid 90's. Also subscribed to RMC from the early 80's thru the end of the 90's. In the 90's and early 00's I also liked Model Railroading and Model Railroading Journal. MRR always had the best photos and track plans I thought. They always seem to have an 'agenda' in terms of what is the 'right' way to be a model railroader, that I don't always like, or appreciate. RMC was great for the historical articles, and less dogmatic. These days, I buy one or both magazines, if I like a particular issue, at either the LHS or elsewhere. I follow MRH online, but don't always read the articles. I keep up with this forum and the Railroad Line form, + the Reading Modeler webiste. I also miss the Atlas forums.

[Bill Sharp]

MRH and the Gazette.
The gazette is more than a magazine, it's a master piece.

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Boy, I agree with Geared Steam. MRH is great, and yeah, the Gazette is definitely a masterpiece. I subscribe to it, MR, and MRC, but the Gazette is by far the best. Don't think I'll renew MR; almost all HO, not much O scale. Not yet sure about renewing MRC.

[tootnkumin]

Back in NZ in the 60's, 1 copy of MR was my bible (picked it up 2nd hand 'cause they weren't available in the shops then). I didn't realise it's significance then but it had the first "Gorre & Daphetid" layout featured and another as well (can't remember it's name though, even that it had more influence on a layout I built for my 2 son's).

So about 8 years ago my interest in model railroading was "tweaked" again when I discovered MR in a local book store (Stationer's we call them) but it took a couple of years before I actually subscribed. Did so for about 4 years but have since only bought when I see something of interest.

I have now sudscibed to MRH online (as this thread is the first i had heard of it).