Hooray,

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I guess us non-Loco folks need to send David loads of non Loco articles of the same or higher quality…

Since MEW hoovers up most of the workshop articles, ME has become a bit one dimensional. I wonder how the circulation figures compare since MEW was spun off.

Rod

Hi Steam Buff

Darjeeling is virtually finished.

Perhaps only one, maybe two articles left.

regards David

I don't seem to have received issue 4444 yet, despite having a subscription. Have other people got their copies?

Regards,

Andrew

Come on all of you non loco guyes and galls get scribling

bob

Oh dear, I'm being a complete idiot, I do have issue 4444 after all. Looks like it's off to the funny farm for me.

Idling around this evening I logged in for the first time to the digital editions. I looked first at issue 100 of MEW as I seem to be missing several issues around that time, although I definitely remember getting issue 100. I thought it might jog my memory in case there were some special articles which meant I'd put them on one side, or lent them to some-one. No bells rung though. Then I looked at 4444 on line; surprise, surprise I recognised some of the articles, and eventually found the magazine in the great pile on the floor. My only excuse is that I must have got it the best part of two weeks ago, and the last issue I actually read, just before this thread was started was issue 4443.

Ah well, at least I might be able to claim my pension early on the grounds of mental incapacity.

Andrew

“There is more to model engineering than locomotives.”

I must agree with the above statement, looking back at Model Engineer the diversity of models and their construction is what made the magazine.

We now seem to have reached a stage where it is assumed that locomotive/steam engines/traction engines are the “de rigueur” of the Model Engineer.

I was amazed to read from the editor, edition 4459, that she thinks large scale road running machines that require heavy machinery should be included in the future!

While further on in the magazine we have images from the Harrogate Exhibition that show’s that there is still a vast sweep of models that don’t run on steam being constructed.

The magazine should be rebranded prehaps ‘old glory model steam’.

Instead of the relentless obsession with steam can we go back to model engineering and all it encompasses.

It would not be too bad if you could buy the ME in Smiths when it comes out, I have now missed one issue and am not going to pay for a replacement again as it gets expensive.

I would have liked to have read about thye Radial engine on the front page of the one issue I have missed. Talking to Smiths locally means nothing as they do not remember getting it in anyway!

I dont mind what the content is as long as its interesting and a good read.

Clive

It could that the wide variety of subjects contained in ME has diminished over recent years for a variety of reasons. Most of what can be describe as workshop engineering articles have moved to MEW. I agree thatwriting articles that have to be interesting and technical is time consuming possibly puts many off.

My concern about inclusion of expensive supersize models in the magazine is that it will not do much to encourage the take up of ‘model engineering’ especially amongst younger people unless they have won the lottery.

There are plenty of magazines out there where the inclusion of these huge models will attract readers, but my point is that I suspect that there are not many ‘model’ engineers that have the ability or equipment to construct these models given the size, weight and costs involved. Out sourcing the work at huge cost is as I said chequebook engineering.

David, when editor, called on readers to put pen to paper a few times and we have seen the fruits of his efforts over time.

But I still think that machines/vehicles that can weigh over a ton or more and run on public roads are just smaller replicas of the original item, they are not models in true sense that Model Engineer has promoted over the last century.

Model engineering magazine should reflect modern trends but there is so much more out there than steam.

Cyril;

Yes!

Caveats:

1) I have done (And am still licensed to do) full size steam;

2) I do 3d rendering software, and CNC machine design and programming; (http://cnc-for-model-engineers.bogspot.com, for anyone interested)

3) I really like 3-1/2" gauge steam models; (as opposed to large steam "models&quot

I like the current direction that Diane is going. I am back to reading every article, and each article is different, and interesting.

I do like the idea of one magazine for model engineering; focusing magazines on one specific topic is too constricting, IMHO.

John Alexander Stewart.