The MRJ thread
28ten said:
My copy of MRJ 198 arrived from Simon, it may be because I looked at it after the Signals book, but I was a little disappointing, i think it is destined to be one of those 'flick through and file' issues. the most interesting part (to me) was Geoff Kents Ford Thames parcels van.
I too found it a rather disappointing issue and it takes a lot to disappoint me when it comes to the MRJ. :cry:
The whole issue seemed to have a very heavy early Northern slant to it, which is great if you're in to that kind of thing, but which won't please everybody. It?s not that I dislike railways of the North as such, I just prefer to see them modelled in BR days, with lots of 16t minerals, 12t vans and Mk1s to drool over.
It?s the same with any part of the country for me ? I always prefer stuff in the BR period.
I think the problem is that with this "guest editor" business (sorry, I'd not heard of this guy before
), the content is very much geared to the interests of the guest editor and perhaps, to a certain extent, who his chums are.
I dare say, if I were given the opportunity to don the green visor (not that I'd want to), the whole issue would have a very heavy WR bias (steam & diesel). Again, this wouldn't please everyone, though it might go down a storm with the members on here! :lol:
I think the ideal solution has to be a mixture of regions and timescales and perhaps, a permanent editor again? To a certain extent though, this may be dependant on the available submissions at the time.
Given some of the excellent stuff that?s gone before, I think the MRJ can be excused the occasional lacklustre issue. I wonder if they have anything special planned for the 200th?
Regards
Dan