The run of the mill magazines have had design contests for numbers of years.  One idea that seems to remain constant is that these layout designs should be buildable; that is, they should fit in a standard bedroom.

Meanwhile, we open up the pages of magazines like 'Great layouts of 2002' and see layout after layout after layout that are by no means any less formidable than the Queen Mary or the U.S.S. Enterprise [take your pick!]

We're hearing from more than a few sources of modelers who know about MRH magazine, but who haven't gotten around to downloading issue 2 yet.

Since the circulation of our free magazine is very important to us generating an income - if enough people take this attitude, it could hurt our free magazine venture.

Rather than use a stick, we'll use a carrot. This is your notice that we're going to put something very special in future issue downloads that will have a 30-day time limit.

Just after the Model Trains Weathered folks placed their ad with us, their web site got hit with a major spam attack. In desperation, they locked down their site.

The timing could not have been worse!

But in case you're wondering what happened, you can thank the spammers of the world ... I don't wish ill on anybody, but when it comes to spammers defacing a web site out of simple dirty meaness, I'm very tempted to make an exception!