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While the October MR was not my favorite issue (after receiving my Dad's issues I have every issue from about 1964), maybe next year, or in 5 or 10 or whatever, it will be. I can't tell you how many times I'll pull out the binder of issues from 10, 15 or more years ago, page through an issue that at the time I thought was worthless and found an article that now is very relevant. When I was in high school the idea of traction and catenary was absurd, who would spend that much time on something like that? Now that I want to add a section of my mainline to be run by MP54's and have a trolley running in the streets (fell in love with them going to college in Philadelphia) I've dug up those old issues to learn more. Same with kitbashing. Originally the thought was "I can barely afford one building kit, why buy three in order to cut them up and build one?" I now have a file folder filled with Art Curren (in my opinion one of the most underrated MR authors of all time) articles and a long to do list. Airbrush? Weathering? Even 10 years ago these articles were way above my head - now I want to learn more about these topics. This is the reason I keep each and every issue no matter what my opinion is at the time of the relevance of it . It's like having a encyclopedia of model railroad topics. <br /> <br />I understand the previous poster's comment that there is nothing for beginners, but I got lost when he complained that the rock casting article in October's issue was a waste because it's a simple project. Huh? It got me thinking - what is a beginner? Because of several layouts started and then torn down because of moves I consider myself an advanced (not quite expert) modeler in terms of benchwork. I'm probably somewhere in the middle range when it comes to laying track and basic DC wiring. Scenery? I think being labled a beginner would be putting me in a group far more advanced than my current abilities! So what is meant by "more articles for beginners?" I would consider an article on laying roadbed, sectional track and ballasting as not too usefull to me, but it could be just thing for someone else. In the same way the rock casting article is usefull to me as I never attempted one, but not to someone else who can make beautiful landscapes, but can't wire a turnout. And the articles on backdrops? Well, I don't model that part of the country, but they convinced me that a backdrop really enhances the overall look of a layout (btw: there was a time when people complained about how much of Colorado was covered by the model press). <br /> <br />Most of the articles in MR are submitted by modelers. If no one writes an article on how to do a northeast urban backdrop, or how to model California passenger operations in the 90's - guess what? There will be none in MR.
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