Which is the best model railroad magazine?

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RTR is not a major part of my hobby, and DCC isn't as impressive to me any longer. If that's all a magazine contains ( along with too high a percentage of advertising, and the "Good ole Boys layouts" ), then I'm not its target audience.

I started purchasing Model Railroader back in the mid-50's when an issue was about 25 cents. Even though in those days, you didn't have the quality components you have now days - there was always something interesting in it. Have subscribed to it a couple of times over the years, but now will not consider subscribing to it for many of the reasons Sumpter250 mentions. The wife usually picks up a copy of it for me when she sees it at Wally-World (we can't seem to support a book store/magazine shop in this town not to mention a hobby shop) and I rarely find anything inspiring in it these days.

I have to go to the nearest hobby shop (30 miles) to get RMC, which to me seems to have more scratch building, kit-bashing subjects and modest layout plans than does MR. Years ago, RMC was considered pretty second rate - poor quality paper - track plans that couldn't be built as drawn, so on and so on, but the quality these days is really great.

I think MR has far too much advertising and big layout tours/plans and I hate that "Read more on our web site - IF YOU SUBSCRIBE - stuff. IMHO, the content quality of MR has gone down hill over the past few years, especially after Linn Westcott was no longer around.

Maybe it's just me, but I often feel like some of the "Good Old Boys" in MR tend to talk down to us modelers that don't have layouts that in their opinion can't measure up to grace the pages of their magazine. They need to check out some of the work seen on this web site if they want some inspiring content in their mag!!! Regardless, as it's already been mentioned - go with a magazine - or web site that inspires you. This site sure has inspired me!