Railway Modeller Digital Archive

[icairns]

I have a Railway Modeller subscription and, consequently, access to the RM digital archive.

Previously, the digital archive was accessed via Exact Editions.  By trial and error, I have now realized that the digital archive has been transferred to www.pocketmags.com

I had received no information about this transfer but I have had a couple of minor issues with my RM subscription.  I know that Peco's Harburn Hobbies retail outlet has taken over RM subscriptions and I found this notice on the Harburn Hobbies website:

https://www.harburnhobbies.co.uk/pages/peco-publications-magazine-subscriptions-update

However, my problem now is trying to use the pocketmags search function when I have my Railway Modeller magazines shown on my computer screen.

When I enter a keyword into the search library box, I always get the answer "No Results Found" even though I know the keyword to be in an edition of Railway Modeller.

Has anyone tried the pocketmags search function and been successful in finding editions that contain a particular keyword? 

I have contacted help@pocketmags.com to ask this question but no response so far. 
 
Thank you.

Ian

[LASteve]

Odd, I still get RM through ExactEditions.

Not helping your cause though - apologies!

[icairns]

Interesting.......

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

Ian

[Chris Morris]

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

[JulianO]

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!

[Chris Morris]

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.