When I click on a link in the newsletter and go to the manufacturer's site, do you know if they generally record the fact that the click-through came from MRH?

Also, where can I get some flyers for MRH to pass out at our next NMRA division meet, to my local hobby shop, etc? 

Looking good. Anyone think we can convince Microtrains to get into HO scale and sell the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey cars? I asked them at iHobby, but if enough people email & ask we might have better luck.

Oh, and scroll to page 26 for a photo of the Bar Mills kit announced in the news...

Microtrains and Kadee used to be the same company back in the 1980s. Kadee was then owned by two brothers and they served both HO and N-Scale markets. Something happened and theyslit with Kadee handling HO and Microtrainsd handling N-Scale. So if the circus cars are what you issued in HO Scale you might have more luck if Kadee is interested than with Microtrains.

Irv

How about highlighting in a different color the different railroads that are being modeled.  That way one can quickly scan and see if they are interested in reading more without having to read the hole thing.  For example, the IC could be orange, the SOO red, etc, or you could just make them all blue, just some way for them to stick out.

My favorite section of MRH.

Are there any plans to rate new models?

maybe by accuracy?

length, hight, length, trucks, roof, sides, doors, sills, ends, brakes, logo, lettering, color, ...

I appreciate this section.  Conscise and to the point.  But I repeat myself.

I sure do like the way you call out what scale is involved, by having the scale in color.    It greatly speeds up my viewing of this column.

Good work, keep it up.

Thanks,

Mike Van Hove

My favorite section of MRH.

Are there any plans to rate new models?

maybe by accuracy?

length, hight, length, trucks, roof, sides, doors, sills, ends, brakes, logo, lettering, color, ...

Doubt that will come about, because that jives with the First Look concept, in that we're not reviewing models, we're simply looking at them...

Hello, 

Was wondering if the newsletter section could be grouped by scale? It seems that it would be easier to find all of the news regarding one's favorite scale instead of having to read through all of the news.  I realized that each scale has a color code but on an 18 in monitor it is still hard for me to tell the scale though I guess my eyes are truly going bad.

Thanks

Michael

 I really enjoy looking at all the new products out there, but I dont often read the full descriptions. I do enjoy the pictures and 360º spins, as they do give me a better idea of what the product is like. My only comment is that I think the name of the product or subject of the announcement should be in the first sentence in bold, so that I dont have to spend too much time skimming to find out what product is actually being offered.

Just a quick note to say I like the "Color Scale". I model in N scale so the color makes it easy for me to find the entries related to N Scale.

I appreciate the color, but black on a sort of brown is hard to read. Some of the colors used to emphasize manufacturers is also difficult to read.

I find this article very good as it enables me to find out what's new and gives me the opportunity to decide to buy or not.  This type of article should be continued.  Thanks

Your magazine is fantastic! Could the illustrations be set as wallpapers for computers?

Thanks for a great magazine,gaveril

Could the illustrations be set as wallpapers for computers?

Love that idea! Please include 1920x1200 versions.

So are you thinking of say, "the best model railroad images from MRH" ... ?

I would expect the image could be delivered at 1920 x 1280, with a small "from the pages of Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine" in the corner, along with credits, like "Photo by Charlie Comstock".

Does that work - or did you have something else in mind?

Why not? The Good Lord knows I have received enough mail asking be to buy train pictures. One up them - MRH wallpapers for free. Stunning shots of members' layouts and handiwork sure works for me. Would make my day if the LK&O made the list some day.

My monitors are 1920x1200, 1600x1200, and 1280x800 so perhaps it is a good idea to offer the images in a wide variety of sizes so the images aren't distorted although what's 80 pixels amongst friends!

Also consider moving the MRH logo around on different issues just so we don't accidently get screen burn.

I find it hard to scan the N Scale items in The Latest Model Railroad Products News and Events.  I look for the color coded "N Scale" markers, but they don't show up that well and I'm afraid if I don't read every line I'll miss something.  Thus, I have to read a lot of stuff that doesn't apply to my enterests.  I've found myself a couple of times saying, "Forget it.  I just don't care if I miss something -- I'll probably see it someplace else."

I hate hobby shops that group their wares by category: all the locos in one aisle, all the rolling stock in another, all the structures in a third, etc.  I don't care to look at all the O and HO boxcars when I'm looking for N.  I love shops that have an N scale department and a department for general non-scale merchandise.  Likewise, I'd like to see this article divided into sections by scale.  Please put all the N Scale items together.  I'll read that section thoroughly, and the sections for tools, scenic items that could serve multiple scales as well.  But I can skip the G and O and HO and Z without missing some one-liner about N that would be important to me.

This isn't meant as an attack.  You asked for feedback, and that's all this is meant to be.

W C Blinn

South Okaloosa N Scalers

Accurate reviews of prouducts are extremely helpful and valuable.  Please kkep it up.  One of my favorite parts of the magazines.  Please include of interest to shortline and narrow gauge modlers like myself.

Many thanks for making this magazine available on the internet. Although I have yet to build a layout (N gauge), I enjoy reading the information and looking through the adverts so that by the time I design my layout (in the process now) I should have a fairly reasonable idea of what to do.

I have been threatening to build a layout for the last 40 years or so, but having moved country a number of times from Africa and finally setteling in England I have managed to surprise the heck out of my family and actually DO something instead of just driving them crazy by collecting books and magazines and reading and talking about trains.

Thank you again for the articles and information published. I am sure that there are many others like myself who have been or will be encouraged to finally DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE after reading your fine magazine, and I am also looking forward to this magazine being published monthly.

Kind regrads

Very comprehensive run down on items and for an overseas reader to know dates of train shows and conventions. Great reading.