Repeated articles

[AndydextrousParticipant @andydextrous]

Perhaps its just me, but I'm sure the article "My First Locomotive" in issue 4448 appeared in exactly the same form sometime last year. What with two other articles in the same magazine being from LBSC, I'm beginning to wonder if ME still represents good value.

Discuss.

Andy

[AndydextrousParticipant @andydextrous]

Is Model Engineer good value?

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

I did not repeat that article deliberately.

I don't remember it but could you let me know when it appeared previously?

regards david

[Colin AbreyParticipant @colinabrey20074]

Hi, Andy is correct – 2011 4412 page 376.

Regards

Colin

[Joseph RamonParticipant @josephramon28170]

Phew! I am not going insane… just yet.

Joey

[David TaylorParticipant @davidtaylor63402]

The LBSC reprints did me in. I think his construction articles in book form would be an interesting purchase but I wasn't keen on seeing them in the magazine.

It feels like each issue now contains installments of a couple of long running projects, plus LBSC, but little else.

I've changed my subscription to MEW because I started buying up volumes of old MEs from the mid-60s and found I enjoyed the tools-and-techniques type articles more than reading about where to drill holes in a set of frames yet again.

I don't want to disparage the authors who are writing the articles, thank goodness someone is, but ME just seems to be missing something to me.

Regards,

David.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

LBSC yet again?

Perhaps it is because the materials, techniques and style of writing comes from a bygone era?

Best left there I suggest.

[Sandy MortonParticipant @sandymorton10620]

I would be more inclined to leave it for a wee while and let Diane get it sorted.

[David TaylorParticipant @davidtaylor63402]

I'd forgotten the other thing that put me off and that is the extensive coverage of IMLEC and the model engineering shows. None of that is of any interest to me yet seemed to take up a lot of space over a number of issues.

I hope Diane gets plenty of new articles to see the magazine through as it will be a shame if it is reduced to reprints and show reports.

Regards,

David.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Looked at one in Smiths the other week and there were 5 loco build on the go all at one time and they followed each other in the index.

We get two CNC articles in MEW and WWlll breaks out.

Last time I looked it was still called Model Engineer, not Model Cho-Choo's

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Have said it before and I repeat, IF you want to see different types of ME and MEW content, someone has to start writing articles and submitting them.

If that someone is YOU then we might see different content.

The last thing I want to see is LBSC, LBSC, LBSC etc Show Reports are fine because we do not all go to all of them and you can always miss something worth while at any one of them.

CNC articles are fine IF they do not include masses of code and screen shots, more interest would develop if the articles approach was one of here was a problem or different way of doing something. What consideration has to be given before even thinking about using CNC for a particular job, we are not all in mass production, ME CNC can be used to remove tedium part making for instance where the sequence is mere repetition.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I like the old articles, people making stuff without a range of expensive equipment, sometimes just a basic lathe. I try to buy the old magazines when I see them, methods are shown to make complicated items by simple, but time consuming, methods and set ups. Some of the new articles, along the lines of "I set it up in my swiss vice and clocked it with my expensive japanese indicator etc. etc. " make my toes curl. It is obvious from the many forum questions that a lot of people are new to engineering and will get the idea that all this stuff is essential and do not realise that there ways round it. eg file a little flat on a shaft, don't need a mill for it. BTW I am new to model eng. but not to engineering.

[Old SchoolParticipant @oldschool]

I agree that more article writers are required to add other interests to the ME magazine, but, the requirements for them to publish an article are beyond my basic computer skills. I do write a few articles for an an online site. They sort out my amateur efforts and publish it.

I am sure if they made it easier to submit articles then more may be forthcoming, most of us these days lead busy hectic lives and precious spare time is spent in the workshop when allowed and not in front of computer screens.

Olly

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Then you will not be complaining about lack of articles!

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

By way of a contrast, I used to subscribe to a photography magazine and they repeated virtually the same articles every year. They must have figured out that most people were only subscribing for a year. I've only been getting MEW for a year but I feel I'm getting good value at ~£3 delivered.

Gary

[landlubberParticipant @landlubber]

"I like the old articles, people making stuff without a range of expensive equipment, sometimes just a basic lathe". etc etc

well said Gordan W, I totally agree.

We are told everything now appears to have to be done on a machine. The LBSC articles are well written , catch phrases ie: "nuff sed", "er indoors" etc are humourous and the drawings are clear.

Moreover they teach basics letting people walk before they try to run.

More please

Norman

[Old SchoolParticipant @oldschool]

Kwil

No complaints from me about the lack of articles just a suggestion

Olly

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I was thinking the only problem with LBSC is that great phrases like "verb sap." and "the laws of the Medes and Persians" might not means much to younger generations – then I realsied all they have to do is google them!

Neil

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