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Title: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: Newportnobby on September 07, 2019, 01:15:15 PM
Unless I've missed it being posted, here's the link..............

https://hornbymagazine.keypublishing.com/2019/09/05/hornby-magazine-model-railway-awards-2019/?utm_source=Mailing+List&utm_campaign=2548db704e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_05_09_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74d01bc2ed-2548db704e-5326137

If my votes are anything to go by then 'No preference' will be a runaway winner :D
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: guest311 on September 07, 2019, 02:42:45 PM
many thanks,
just submitted my votes
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: njee20 on September 07, 2019, 03:28:48 PM
Doesn't that just show how little new stuff we get in N gauge?!

3 locos, of which two are MUs, no coaches and 4 wagons, the IZAs were basically out a year ago too (a hair over IIRC). There's more in the O gauge categories.

Still, for next year we should at least have the 50, 92, 56XX(?) plus KFA, HOA, IPA and VEA no doubt among others!
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: Bob Tidbury on September 23, 2019, 02:05:52 PM

Not worth the bother no N gauge layout and not much N gauge at all .And I doubt that next year will have any of the exiting things coming out anyway ,N gauge allways seems neglected in these sort of things ,There are lots of really good N gauge layouts around Ambleton Vale ,and James  St are among the many .
Bob Tidbury
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: Newportnobby on September 23, 2019, 03:42:16 PM
The smaller the numbers of N gauge voters the less N gauge will appear though.
Of course, it is Hornby and they've only made the 1 item.
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: njee20 on September 23, 2019, 03:47:14 PM
Hornby magazine has nothing to do with the manufacturer, other than using their name under licence IIRC.

I agree that if they don't get any N gauge respondents they just won't bother.
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: red_death on September 23, 2019, 04:22:34 PM
What Nobby and Nick said - if people don't participate from the N gauge community then we become irrelevant to Hornby magazine....
Title: Re: Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2019
Post by: Upperton on September 23, 2019, 05:26:55 PM
Quote from: red_death on September 23, 2019, 04:22:34 PM
What Nobby and Nick said - if people don't participate from the N gauge community then we become irrelevant to Hornby magazine....

And it only takes a minute to complete the form. Hornby magazine is certainly geared towards the larger gauges, I can't think of many N layouts featured recently - Melbury earlier in the year and Middle Elmton off the top of my head, but that's was maybe 2 years ago. But it does have some good articles and their Train Formations guide every few months is handy, though often an interesting rake can't be completed in N because a piece of rolling stock it's not available (yet)  :hmmm: