Jan 22 2009
FREE - Model Railroad Magazine
FREE - Model Railroad Magazine
January 2009 Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine was launched. It is available FREE online at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/. The FREE magazine is a mix of high quality articles and interviews of model railroading’s most knowledgeable and recognizable people, great photos and videos, and solid products and advice for modelers in all scales.
The magazine is delivered using a mix of high tech online presentation and glossy magazine style. It is totally free to the readers, due to paid advertising sponsorship. If you run into technical problems check the FAQ sections for known issues and ways to resolve them.
The first issue weighs in at 78 megabytes. The download takes quite a while. It requires the latest and greatest Adobe reader 9 software and a capable computer to run them. Anticipating model railroaders who will be anxious for the download to complete, it is also available in a somewhat slimmed down version.
The FAQ promises that some editions could be as large as 100 megabytes. It was more than my usually zippy internet connection delivers in one chunk. I admit I’ve been spoiled by much smaller individual web pages. I even lose patience when video feeds lag. I went out of the room and got a soft drink for me as my computer gulped up all that the network could deliver.
Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine is worth the wait. Once it was downloaded and running it delivered some interesting articles and ads I’m going to follow up on. It’s worth getting your own copy and reading. Subscribe to the magazine so you get a two week jump on web delivery of the next issue.
The magazine fills the screen and drops many of the familiar navigational tools and tabs in favor of a simplified interface and dash board supplied by the Adobe Reader software. Some of the articles expand on the glossy print magazine approach and reveal additional related photos and video inserts.
Have fun!
Trainguy
