The Best of Model Engineer Volume 3 Now available

[ZiggarParticipant @ziggar]

my mrs was in Smiths at the beginning of the week [tuesday] and spotted it on the shelf. she got me a copy because she thought it looked interesting.

She was wrong………….

Z.

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[Dennis RParticipant @dennisr]

Had the e-mail on 11th Sept.

Mag arrived on 14th Sept. to the Manchester area.

Dennis

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[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Gotta be the worst special edition I have ever had the misfortune to waste money on!

NEVER AGAIN!!!!

[Keith LongParticipant @keithlong89920]

Hi Gary

Just checked the details of my order for this – and what a coincidence – mine was supposed to be despatched on the 21st as well. Now considering that I live in Chester, I should think there's a good chance it's in the same sack as yours heading for Manchester. Where do think it's stuck – Crewe or Warrington?

I think MHS need to be chasing up their postal service supplier!

Keith

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, paid for mine on 30/8/13 and it is still pending. Sounds as if I shouldn't have bothered.

Regards Nick.

[Diane CarneyModerator @dianecarney30678]

Posted by CoalBurner on 21/09/2013 22:17:40:

Gotta be the worst special edition I have ever had the misfortune to waste money on!

NEVER AGAIN!!!!

I believe there are still half a dozen copies of the 2012 '300 Years of the Steam Engine' Special.

Now that was a good book….!!!!

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

I assume you mean the 11th, Keith. I think I'll give it until the end of the week before trying to chase it up. Might be that the despatch date is fictitious. Wouldn't surprise me.

Gary

[Keith LongParticipant @keithlong89920]

Yes Gary – you're right, I did mean the 11th – OOPS!! Got me 2's and 1's mixed up!

Keith

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

A few days ago mine was showing as "Despatched" over a week earlier. Now it's showing as "Pending". Someone's been telling porkies!

Russell.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Bought mine at WHS, regret that it is only scores 5 out of 10 for me.

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Posted by Diane Carney on 21/09/2013 23:53:26:

I believe there are still half a dozen copies of the 2012 '300 Years of the Steam Engine' Special.

Now that was a good book….!!!!

Yes Diane I would agree wholeheartedly with you on that, I must have read it half a dozen times and I'm still not 'finished' with it.

Graeme

[AESParticipant @aes]

Ladies & Gents,

As I posted on 14th Sep, I had an E-mail dated 11th saying "despatched". I said then that I expected to receive my copy in the post within a few days, and sure enough, it did arrive a few days later. So no complaints from here on that score.

Reading some of the above posts perhaps I was just lucky, but that postal performance was much the same as that which I get here regularly with delivery of MEW (I'm not an ME subscriber).

With regard to content, of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion (and has the right to express it), but reading some of the above posts I do wonder just what it would take to satisfy some of you????

First off, the content is exactly as described by DC in his original heads up post – in fact there is rather more in the actual Special No. 3 than DC describes above. So personally, I don't think anyone can fairly say that they've been misled as far as content goes, though I must say that as I have not much more than a passing interest in steam I did not buy Special No. 2 so have nothing to directly compare with.

Secondly, my personal feeling is that although I doubt that I shall ever build the Stride 15cc 4 stroke engine (for example), for me the article was so well illustrated and explained that there was certainly a lot of interesting meat there – how to make camshafts and machining those cooling fins on the cylinder jacket was both very useful and easily applicable to lots of other jobs.

Similarly, I won't ever build that "O" Gauge live steamer but it was an interesting read in it's own right (sorry!), just like all the other stuff (2.5cc aero engines; shapers, etc). And similar comments apply to all the rest of the content – about the only "complaint" I have is with the layout, in that the excellent photos within the Stride article were A) a bit too small; and B) ended up being placed "out of phase" with the relevant piece of text.

That problem really does annoy me (you have to keep turning pages back and forth), but I also know enough about the economics of mag publishing to know that this is unavoidable, and indeed is a common problem in hard back books too, let alone in magazines.

So all in all I'm pleased with both the overall MHS service AND with the content, so fail to understand some of the above gripes – perhaps you're all much too expert to be bothering with such stuff, having been around since Pontius was a pilot, having seen it all before, and got the T shirt to boot. So why did you buy it then?

Personally, as very much a newbie I though it was very good in terms of both "entertainment" and in its expertise-building. Furthermore, it was exactly as advertised.

As said at the start, everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and has the right to express it. The above is mine.

Happy Sunday!

AES

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[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Also ordered last month … and still waiting

…and explanation was there none! Drinking parties in breweries comes to mind

Rgds

Bill

[mark mcParticipant @markmc72333]

Well i ordered mine on a Friday and it arrived the following Wednesday last week. Liked most of the articles but the one that interested me was the hand shaper which turned out abit poor in details and pictures( there rubbish).

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Picked “mine” up from whs..

The flagship build..wasn’t for me..well done , good content ..just not for me

I too read and reread shaper…wondering if I had turned two pages…maybe makes more sense if you already have full size shaper

From memory that was all ( and my memory isn’t that bad)

Now I know there were other articles but couldn’t name them..oh yeah “0 bat ” ..not bad but not memorable. .still should have expected mostly engins since it is best of ME not MEW
If I has looked closer I would have left it in whs “

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

Well, just tried to contact MHS, a recorded message……….They dont open until 10-00am.

I'm going to ask for a full refund and then purchase from WHS……..

The whole excercise has been a complete and utter waste of time…

The only people to have benefitted from this is MHS, gaining the interest on the money they received up front………

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

And the “profit” on the p and p

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

Just got off the phone to them…………

My concerns seemd to be unfounded

It appears my mag has gone AWOL……Dispatched on the 11/9…

They're sending me a replacement….

All seems rather odd, our local postie is pretty good at delivering stuff…….

Well I guess we'll see what transpires….

[Keith LongParticipant @keithlong89920]

Hi John

Interesting – it looks as though a whole batch of the mags have gone missing and all posted on the 11th Sept. In the last 8 or so posts on this thread there are 3 more of us that haven't received our copies and all suppiosedly sent on the 11th.

Keith

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by Keith Long on 23/09/2013 10:35:56:

Hi John

Interesting – it looks as though a whole batch of the mags have gone missing and all posted on the 11th Sept. In the last 8 or so posts on this thread there are 3 more of us that haven't received our copies and all suppiosedly sent on the 11th.

Keith

Yes mine was supposed to have been despatched on the 11th as well. They could have told us what is going on! I've just emailed them as the telephone number they give doesn't work from here in France.

Russell.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 23/09/2013 10:52:29:

I've just emailed them as the telephone number they give doesn't work from here in France.

Russell.

Serves you right for living in the armpit of Europe

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

My copy turned up last week and considering I'm in Australia it's not a bad effort .

I'm happy with content as I like IC engines and it is good to be able to read an entire article in one go instead of waiting for each installment.

My thoughts on content are as follows : If you are unsure of whether the magazine will have something of interest to you then wait untill it is on the shelf at your local supplier or newsagent and have a look at it – if you like you buy .

If you buy it without checking and get it home to read only to find the content is not what you wanted there is little point in moaning about it ,why not make a request or submit and idea for the next issue if there is one to be published ?

Keep up the good work Dc.

Ian

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Ian.
I quite agree. I should have read the mag in whs..I looked at the contents and skimmed the first article…should have paid more attention.
Like I said first article is well presented .
I don’t blame anyone .
And btw latest mew arrived today..much better than last in my opinion. .

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by SLOTDRILLER on 23/09/2013 20:36:39:

My thoughts on content are as follows : If you are unsure of whether the magazine will have something of interest to you then wait untill it is on the shelf at your local supplier or newsagent and have a look at it – if you like you buy .

…..Always assuming that you can rely on it showing up on said shelf. Here (Canada) I haven't seen ME or MEW on the store shelves in months. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the special issue to turn up there

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Posted by OMG on 23/09/2013 21:47:43:

Posted by SLOTDRILLER on 23/09/2013 20:36:39:

My thoughts on content are as follows : If you are unsure of whether the magazine will have something of interest to you then wait untill it is on the shelf at your local supplier or newsagent and have a look at it – if you like you buy .

…..Always assuming that you can rely on it showing up on said shelf. Here (Canada) I haven't seen ME or MEW on the store shelves in months. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the special issue to turn up there

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately being outside of the UK as am I that is a fact of life with magazines printed in the UK and i suspect many other places .

I have found only a handfull of newsagents that have either or both mags in stock and sometimes i would go 3 months with nothing then they would all turn up at once !

I had a few posted subs go mising so i went Digital and can access the mag anytime i want provided i can access the internet which can be sporadic .

Maybe the best of series could be added to the digital subs later on so there is an archive of it .

I wouldn't mind seeing a best of IC ENGINES from ME being published , maybe a top five or so and readers could vote for thier favourite or one they would like to see re published etc .

Just a thought …..

 

Ian

 

Edited By SLOTDRILLER on 24/09/2013 05:09:12

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