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Hi all. I wanted to make this thread to know about what (railway model) magazines you would recommend to others and why, perhaps the ones that have interesting pictures or topics. These magazines are in Japanese and the websites, that sell them, usually do not provide much information/pictures. So, I believe there is some mystery and surprise when a person gets one of these. In that sense, this thread could help to other people when deciding to find/get a copy of a determine magazine if there is the chance. As a beginner with few magazines to choose from, my list is the below one: Place Number #3 - Tomix Diorama World (Tomix 7401): 160 full color pages (~95% pictures and ~5% text) This is a quite obvious choice. This magazine has 160 pages of eye-popping pictures (layouts/dioramas). If a beginner feels down and needs a boost of inspiration, this is the one to check on those rainy days. Place Number #2 - Tomix Diorama World Special Issue (Tomix 7402): 80 full color pages (~90% pictures and ~10% text) Now you can tell I am beginner (i.e. I go again for the Tomix ones). This magazine has only 80 pages but is it in the second place of my list? Yes… because this magazine shows pictures (some of these from different perspectives) of only one layout, a massive 25m x 8m layout. The pictures taken from different angles will provide good ideas and clarify queries of any beginner. Also, I understand (actually I am guessing) that this layout was made to record imagines for a videogame (an old one called “Gatan Goton”). Check this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHc0muj7xo (I could not find the right link again so I put this one that is quite similar, sorry about that…) Place Number #1 – N Gauge Big Layout Taguchi Hiromi No Togashi Railway (Kigei Publishing): 144 pages (~60% pictures and ~40% text) (~50% b/w and ~50% color) This magazine is about modular layouts that can be combined and storage in a very clever way. I have to admit that this first place is a very personal choice. This magazine helped me to understand how I could keep a layout “fresh” with new ideas and how to tackle limitations of space. I still have temporary layouts as these allowed me to quickly try/test new stuff. I would like to try having a permanent one in the future although I believe this would probably be a modular layout like the ones of this magazine. Other magazines that were left outside of my top three: Tomix Model Railway System Guidebook (Tomix 7313 and Tomix 7315): 42 color pages (~50% pictures and ~ 50% texts) These two magazines provide clear information about Tomix control system and Tomix track geometry. I need to say that all that information can be also found online and for free. However, these two magazines will save much more time to any beginner as he/she will not need to collect the information from websites/forums like a puzzle (with the risk of missing some of this info). Just until some months ago, these two magazines were in the third place of my list (instead of Tomix 7401). Super Real Tetsudo Jokei N Gage Layout Vol.2 (Neko Publishing): 114 color pages (~50% pictures and ~50% text) This magazine looks like for hardcore modelers. I don’t read Japanese but the pictures are very impressive. If possible, I would try to get other numbers of this magazine. Check the attachments. p.s. I understand that some people could be “paper allergic” when it comes to magazines. So, please spare the non allergic ones.