noelsmith Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Has Model Cars Magazine finally gone to the wall? Their forum is up and running, but of course that could continue long after the demise of the magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted September 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 On their website the Big Kahuna has spoken! Still adamant that mcm will carry on. Difficult to see how any one can run a commercial model making magazine as a one man band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted November 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 Anybody now know what is happening with MCM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Has Model Cars Magazine gone under? Heard nothing about it recently. Edited July 19, 2019 by noelsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomqvaxy Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 #206 is still under construction. harry p. is no longer with the company. subscription rates are going up for no issues per year. all from the mcm website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted September 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Thanks for the update. I learnt that Harry Pristovnik passed away some time ago and he was MCM's main layout man. Harry I believe did most if not all of the work to put that magazine together when he was alive. I think that this is manifesting itself in the magazine's failure over the last 2 or 3 years and subscribers have lost confidence as deliveries have become all but non existant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted October 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 There have been 3 recent enquiries about issue 206 on the MCM forum, and all were locked very quickly and posters referred to contact the editor Gregg Hutchings directly instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomqvaxy Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 the leeching continues: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/146941-issue-206-contest-issue-mailed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted November 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Subscribers can look fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorward to the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted November 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Latest is that 206 finally made it to print! A contest issue of just photos and captions I believe. Any auto modeller interested in what has been going down at Model Cars Magazine needs to have a look in the Scale Motorcars website in the general section. Lots of interesting discussion to read up to the point where a moderator stepped in and blocked further posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I dunno about their magazine and whether it's been cancelled or not but I do like the forum. There's a lot of very talented builders over there and I learn all sorts of stuff. That's pretty much my "go-to" site for learning on auto models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted April 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Maybe MCM will survive. Maybe not. It was struggling anyway when times were ok in the world, so whether current circumstances will create a perfect storm for it we will have to see. As I see it many specialist hobby magazines soon will be struggling as all depend on disposable income, as just about anyone else does in the hobby trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister300 Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) I believe that a switch to online subscriptions or free with ads may be the savior especially with the pandemic and people staying at home. A virtual magazine can be wonderful, people can upload their work. Good way to save wood pulp and the environment too. One of the reasons we are in this pandemic mess is the destruction of the buffer zone between man and animal. Edited April 2, 2020 by Mister300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomqvaxy Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 regardless of the method of presentation, the magazine requires being "made". I think the other obstacles are an excuse for that not being done. even the ardent supporters lament coverage of 2 year old contests. sometimes it's just "time", ya know? it doesn't always equate with what we want, but denial can only go so far. reality always wins. used to work with a fellow who told the story of "Thought". Thought was brought up on the gallows. Thought didn't think he was going to be hung. but he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 I think that the MCM forum has all but replaced the paper magazine. Last I heard was that issue 207 was in preparation. Did it eventually make it to print? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Latest reported on the MCM website is that a new associate editor named Larry Greenberg has been appointed. The name may be known to some of you American car modellers possibly? Edited August 11, 2020 by noelsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 Heard nothing substantial since my last post. Larry Greenberg has placed an update on the MCM website but not announced any date in it when the magazine will be produced and go back on sale. He has a bit of an uphill struggle on his hands as the magazine has to rebuild confidence both to its subscribers and advertisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelsmith Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) MCM has made it back to print under Larry Greenberg! Maybe it will manage to get back on track and pick up extra readers now that Scale Auto has ceased publication. Despite my scepticism in the past, I hope that Larry makes a success of it. Edited December 18, 2020 by noelsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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