Media Watch
The la-*test*-('")- September 08- issue of the Hornby magazine features a rather nice layout of BW set in the DDR. Well worth buying a copy.

Brian wrote It certainly is - although judging by some of the moans it shows how narrow minded some people can be though ! Get two railway modellers in a room and they will moan. However as the average demographic of railway modellers is 53+, it naturally follows that we are just grumpy old men.

My favorite magazine, Model Trains International, always features models and model layouts from around the world and of different types and that is one of its joys IMHO. I've seen the odd European layout featured in the US magazine Model Railroader a on very rare occasions and always enjoyed it. I enjoy Hornby Magazine and applaud them for featureing a "foriegn layout". Quite frankly I think magazines such as BRM, Model Railroader, Hornby etc., would benefit benefit themselves by being more inclusive but I think the majority of their readers would appreciate, and learn from a bit more "foriegn content" .........say at least 2-3 times per year. Cheers Gene

CM Aug08- N Gauge Ep4 German River Valley Line Weathering freight wagons A scratchbuilt rail mounted crane in Gauge 1 Building foam/ply baseboards CM Sept08- BR332,333 and 335 History and drawings Of and Oe Feldbahn RM Sept08 Making trees using plastic kits+sea moss Making flowers for the garden Modellbahn Schule #19 Figures for the layout Girder bridges for modellers Adapting Brawa arcades for city scenes 80's autos Der Glaskasten and its trains GPP rubber corridor connectors Modelbahn Kurier#27 Industrie Special Adapting Kibri and Piko kits for older factories 30's quarry DR static boiler

Model Rail Sept 08 Getting started in European Model Railways- A very half-assed attempt to explain European railways on four pages of text including photos, plus a review of the Piko DCC system and a primer on DCC! It fails to inspire and is best avoided. Rather an interesting article on sound without DCC control Wagon weathering by Pelle Soeeberg MRJ 185 Gordon Gravett's Pempoul. Worth buying just for this superb layout. Horny Magazine Oct 08 Loco weathering by Graham Musspratt

I quite like the Hornby magazine. It has more readable articles than most of their competitors. Their was a bit of narrow minded reaction to the inclusion of a non- UK layout but that was inevitable really and wasn't as bad as expected.

Just bought MRJ 185 this morning. Absolutely worth it. Gives me ideas for putting canals on a layout!