Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
I have been a subscriber for years. I make it a point of principle to support a "smaller" publication.
Content and quality has varied over the years, it's true. On the whole, since the rotating editorship started, hits have been higher than misses in my opinion. There is a nostalgic feeling that the olden days of a solid weekend of good reading have passed, then an issue stuffed with all kinds of goodies arrives on the doormat.
I have little interest in the glossier model railway mags. I look over copies occasionally at my model railway club, and don't feel there is much there for me. The photography used by all the editors these days seems to have hit a point of over-processed hyper-realistic, with photoshopped smoke and steam, which simply doesn't do it for me. All the techniques seem samey, and gushing reviews over the latest out-of-the-box model date very quickly.
So, I'm happy for my seventy-odd quid a year heading to Wild Swan to produce something a little different to the mainstream railway modelling press. Long may it continue.
Content and quality has varied over the years, it's true. On the whole, since the rotating editorship started, hits have been higher than misses in my opinion. There is a nostalgic feeling that the olden days of a solid weekend of good reading have passed, then an issue stuffed with all kinds of goodies arrives on the doormat.
I have little interest in the glossier model railway mags. I look over copies occasionally at my model railway club, and don't feel there is much there for me. The photography used by all the editors these days seems to have hit a point of over-processed hyper-realistic, with photoshopped smoke and steam, which simply doesn't do it for me. All the techniques seem samey, and gushing reviews over the latest out-of-the-box model date very quickly.
So, I'm happy for my seventy-odd quid a year heading to Wild Swan to produce something a little different to the mainstream railway modelling press. Long may it continue.