[modeleng] Re: Model Engineer
- From: Kenneth Swales <kenwillowbend@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:53:05 +0000 (GMT)
Hi
I, at one time, liked the how to articles. That was
when they would last up to a year. I stopped my
subscription to Engineering in Minature because such
articles now take 5 or more YEARS. If I started a new
project following these articles, I would probably be
even more old and decrepid than I am now (assuming I
lasted that long).
Ken
--- Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow
<cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know how viable the modeling magazines are
> by themselves. This may
> be a case where the sum of the parts is more than
> the whole. Or it may not.
> May be that the market for machinist-related hobby
> magazines is drying up as
> the original target market ages and drops out. Live
> Steam in the states
> recently changed its name by adding Outdoor
> Railroading to the title and
> changed its focus by turning away from long
> multi-issue how-to articles.
>
> A USA magazine, Modeltec, was a shoestring operation
> which went bankrupt and
> was bought out but has yet to see an issue published
> or even an offer to
> subscribe by the new owner. Might be that irregular
> service and unfulfilled
> subscriptions as it was going under damaged its
> reputation to the extent it
> will never return. A shame, as it was an
> interesting and well written
> magazine (to me).
>
> Charles
>
> > I gather that there is some interest, (two
> parties, or
> > possible more, I believe) that are interested in
> the
> > modeling magazines, but the intention is to sell
> the
> > whole lot as a package if that is possible.
> >
> > Alan
>
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