July issue out for staff final review

I have a question regarding the size of new issues.

Now that the Landscape version has been killed off (R.I.P. Landscape), is there any chance that future issues of Model Railroad Hobbyist might get slightly... bigger than previously?  Model Railroad Hobbyist issues got a lot smaller when advertising fell, but now that you've cut back on spending, by killing off the landscape version and getting rid of Adobe (R.I.P. Adobe), is there room to squeeze in one or two more articles?  Even if they're all just part of Running Extra?

I'm just hoping this is true, but I have no idea what all the figures involve look like, so pardon me if I'm just being hopelessly optimistic.  There's plenty of information already out there, after all, in the form of a decade worth of back-issues.  I was just curious.

@DRGW_488_Fan Size of issue

Update, July 6

Finalizing MRH

" having some computer hardware problems "

So we can't just blame Windows 10 like everyone does (with good reason)?

Not this time ...

Not this time. It's a bad SSD drive on one machine and memory limitations on the other. We have the machine with the bad drive in the shop, and more memory on order for the machine that's memory constrained.

Our new Affinity Publisher software is a fairly new program, and it expects a more up-to-date machine with more memory. Without the extra memory, the full magazine assembly is very s-l-o-w ...

Memory and SSD

Joe,

Computer problems like that suck especially when they pop up while in crunch time.

I highly suggest you look into setting up your computers with hardware/software RAID-1 by using two SSD drives of the same size and mirror all data to both SSD to account for the failure of a single SSD. That way if one fails you can keep going and defer replacement by a few days/week without slowing down your production.

Same goes for memory: make sure you have RAM modules in even quantities of the same size in your machine. Preferably at least 4 modules if the computer requires pairs of RAM modules. That way if one module or a memory bank goes bad, you can pull the offending pair of modules/empty a bank from the machine and keep going with less RAM while waiting for replacement modules to come in. Might be slower for a bit, but at least not down a full machine.

Thanks ...

Boot SSDs

Joe, 

Is Patty's laptop an HP by any chance? My laptop's SMART software has been warning me for two-three weeks that my boot SSD is about to go out. 

MRH: Yep, Jeff, it’s an HP.

Okay, MRH is out ... on to RE

Does this mean it's a surprise?

Ooh, so that means it's a surprise!  Interesting... you've piqued my curiosity.

Publisher’s Musings

Joe, the “rate this article” link and the “view reader comments” link for the Publisher’s Musings both go to https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com,not to a thread.

The new landscape version works quick nicely for me in Books on an iPad.

MRH: That's odd, the link is fine in the master, and when we try the link in the online edition or in one of the PDF's it works fine. What version are you using, and if it's the PDF, what PDF reader are you using?

iBooks

Yes, the wide version works great in iBooks — thanks again, Joe.

Win 10 PC with Sumatra PDF

Landscape version looks great.  Thanks!

Janet N.

Um... I'm not seeing the July issue anywhere.

I tried "get current issue."  It took me to June.  I tried "back issues."  Most recent issue was June.  I tried refreshing (even though going to a new page on the site should have done that).  Nothing.  I tried closing the tab and opening a new Model Railroad Hobbyist home page app.  Nothing!  Is there something wrong on my end, or has it just not been released yet? (it sounds like it HAD been released earlier today!)

Not exactly sure what other details would be important in figuring this out.

UPDATE: I went to a post titled "Best of the MRH Website This Month" for July and it had a link to the article of that name in the July MRH magazine, but the picture link said "buy issue to read this article."  I clicked on the link anyways and it took me to the July 2020 MRH without sending me to any purchase page (which is as it should be, right?  It just seems a little contradictory).

Why have I not been able to access MRH anywhere else?  Is that completely normal?  Was there somewhere I forgot to check?  (I'm still kinda new here, after all)   I'm not complaining or anything... I'm just confused.

It's a soft release

You have to look for the release page on "Recent Posts."

It's here: https://forum.mrhmag.com/magazine-feedback-was-ezines-891776

@ DRGW_488_Fan

The current issue isn't updated until the magazine has been released for a day or two so early readers can tell MRH about issues with the mag.

There is always a soft release with a post in the forum giving the link to the magazine.

Thanks! I'll need to keep that in mind.

Thanks for the help!  I'll need to remember about the soft release in future.

Thumbs up

The "wide" download is a winner here. Mac 10.14. Safari 12.0.

Hooray

wide format looking good

Joe,

The new wide format is looking good and behaving well on my laptop as well my Android Motorola phone.

-Yaron.

Buy this issue boo-boo

MRH magazine is supposed to say "Read this issue" not "Buy this issue" ... the "buy" message is for Running Extra thumbs, not for MRH thumbs.

Oddly enough, it turns out my macro for building these thumbs from the page image had a glitch in it and it posted the RE message, not the MRH message. How annoying! Anyhow, I fixed it and it now says the right thing for MRH thumbs.

I have replaced them all, but you may need to clear your browser cache for this website to get the updated images with the "Read this issue" message to appear.

July RE ?

MRH for July but RE not yet?

Moderator: RE is always delayed a couple of days so our readers can help weed out the final bugs in MRH before posting.