Which “one” magazine (for beginners) would you subscribe to for help in model railroading?
MR is a pretty good one…
Go with “Model Railroader.” There are others, but this one has the widest appeal, it seems to me.
Model Railroader would be the best choice. Trains deals more with real trains and the others are targetted at a specific type of modeler. Model Railroader appeals to everyone.[:)]
Start with MR, then check out RMC. As a third choice, you could try one of the Nscale Magazines, unless you run Lionel tinplate for CTT. These are more scale specific.
I think MR is the best one for beginners or veterans. It is very layout oriented - getting started, improving, operating, etc. Outside of specialty magazines it and RMC, which focuses on model building, are the two I have subscribed to for 30+ years.
Enjoy
Paul
Model Railroader is what I would recommend. The articles and the photography of the layouts are great for new people like myself.
I get ideas,insperation and gain knowledge from four mags.MRR, RMC,Railmodel Journel and Mainline Modeler…Are there others that cover HO that I don’t know about?
I also would start with Model Railroader if I had to choose only one
MR without a question. It is the most general mag in the hobby and includes infor from basic to advanced and everything in between, all scales, and all aspects.
Ron
Is this a plant by the editors pf MR???
OK, OK, Model Railroader everytime!!
I would have to agree, MR is the one!
It caters too all skill levels in the hobby. It seems MR is the one that everyone buys if they only get one magazine of have multiple subscriptions.
A plant, Bsteel? NEVER! [:-,]
Seriously, for excellence for someone committing to one mag, MR is it.
MR provides me with good range of topics that appeals to me. I recommend it.
Luc
CPR fan