Had a BR blue night tonight with a Western on parcels and a Hymek on passenger train, but as they've been done before the only film I took was of a weathered class 31 on a mineral train (I reckon we need to clean the track on the layout )

Class 31 weathered blue on mineral train past Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Which one - Select or Elite?

Early Selects where found to be out of spec on the DCC signal, but that was fixed with firmware updates which also allowed it to read CVs   IIRC, so if it's a Select get it updated by Hornby if necessary.
Elite is I believe a better unit.

Plenty of other discussions on here and on Facebook groups about "best DCC system" with plenty of different opinions
Any particular reason you're looking at Hornby DCC?  Other systems out there which you might find to be better suited.  You need to visit a DCC specialist shop or exhibition trade stand and have a go of different systems' user interfaces, discuss your requirements and see which system seems best for you?

As for suitability for N gauge: N, TT, and OO all run off the same nominal 12V DC or  14-15V DCC so gauge is pretty much irrelevant.

Considering building a layout. Is the Hornby DCC controller any good for N Gauge? If not what would people recommend which doesnt cost the Earth?

Quote from: JulianO on Today at 07:24:12 AMI now have the Pocketmags version loaded on my iPhone.

I just experimented just now with the Search Function.
It looks like you can choose whether to search all editions or one year or a specific edition.

I tried "James St" and got several hits on both "James" and "Street" and also some for James St itself.

I also searched "Ian Cairns" and it took me straight to your recent article on the BTH Type 1.
So it does appear that the Search Function works on iPhone at least.

@JulianO
Well, you are having a lot more luck than I am!

I have an iPhone 15 running IOS version 26.6.2 and I downloaded the pocketmags Newsstand app.  I logged in and I can see all the issues of Railway Modeller in My Library.

However, I cannot see the search functions you describe in your post.  In fact, I cannot see any search field or any way to search.

What am I doing wrong?  I may need step-by-step instructions!

Any help would be much appreciated!

Ian
   

Quote from: Webbo on October 03, 2026, 06:02:36 AMThanks for all the kind words of support, guys. I'll be back on board with the forum soon full steam.

Webbo

Just seen this after a couple of weeks away - I am so sorry for your loss, Ian. Keep pushing through.

This is odd. The search works as it always has done on my iphone but works as stated above on my laptop. I am very happy with this. The app appears to be as before while as an added bonus I can see RM in its full glory on my laptop.
I quite enjoyed playing with search, my first layout to appear in RM was May1987 - blimey 39 years ago.

I had never used the Search Function on Exact Editions.

I now have the Pocketmags version loaded on my iPhone.

I just experimented just now with the Search Function.
It looks like you can choose whether to search all editions or one year or a specific edition.

I tried "James St" and got several hits on both "James" and "Street" and also some for James St itself.

I also searched "Ian Cairns" and it took me straight to your recent article on the BTH Type 1.
So it does appear that the Search Function works on iPhone at least.

PS I thought I would try on my PC as well, but Pocketmags didn't recognise my email address when I tried to log on from it. So I can only speak for the iPhone version!

I have the pocketmags version and have the same problem. The search is merely searching for words on the magazine description so "1989" of "November" will call up magazines but the search we knew and loved does not appear to be available. Looking closely at an individual magazine it looks like the editions have been photographed so a search for a specific word cannot work. On the up side I can now read RM on my PC as well as my ipad.

There is a partial RM index at https://www.44090digitalmodels.co.uk/indices/indices.html

Interesting.......

I recently renewed my annual subscription to RM.  I wonder if I got transferred to pocketmags when my new subscription kicked in?

Ian

Odd, I still get RM through ExactEditions.

Not helping your cause though - apologies!