Model Engineer & Workshop survey

1.Which of the following magazines do you read, and how often do you subscribe?

Subscribe

Buy Regularly

Buy Occasionally

Used to Subscribe

Used to Buy

2.Do you use any of the following Model Engineering forums on the internet?

Model Engineer/Model Engineer & Workshop forum

Model Engineering Clearing House

Home Model Engine Machinist Forum

Model Engine Maker

Other (please specify)

None of the above

4.Here are a list of some of the articles that have featured in Model Engineer recently, please could you rate them from 1-5 according to how interesting (engaging/entertaining/informative) you found them.

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Regular feature: Smoke Rings

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Regular feature: Postbag

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Regular feature: Club News

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Regular feature: Readers Classifieds

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: Flying Scotsman in 5” Gauge

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: The Stationary Steam Engine

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: Butterside Down

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 ½” Gauge

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: An Engineer’s Day Out

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Ongoing/Occasional Series: A Tandem compound mill engine

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Youth is not entirely wasted on the young

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Working on the lathe

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Unseizing a beam engine

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Space toys

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: A radial marine steam engine

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition report

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: IMLEC/LITTLEC/Narrow Gauge LEC announcements

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: LOWMEX report

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: Book review

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

Shorter series/single articles: A Short Ghost Story

I didn’t see this article/series

I saw it but didn’t read it

I read it, but didn’t find it interesting

Moderately interesting

Good article

Very good article

7.What lengths of article are you most interested in:

Brief articles (1-2 pages)

Short articles 3-4 pages

Longer articles 5-8 pages

Short series (2-4 instalments)

Medium length series (5-8 instalments)

Long series (9-12 instalments)

Very long series (up to 60 or more instalments)

8.Would you prefer a longer series to be presented as:

A few long instalments

Several medium length instalments

Many brief instalments

9.For a longer series in a monthly magazine (say a complex build series) would you prefer it to appear:

In a block of continuous issues

In alternate issues

As an instalment every few issues

10.For stand-alone articles linked in an occasional series, how often do you think they should appear?

Every other issue

3 or 4 times a year

Twice a year

Annually

11.Are there any views on the past and current content of ME or MEW that you would like to share?

12.Are there any topics you would particularly like to see covered in future issues of Model Engineer & Workshop?

13.Please let us know the best email address to contact you on if you win a year's subscription to Model Engineer & Workshop. Prize draw closes 13/4/25.

Thank you for your time filling in this survey. We will not be able to respond directly to individual responses. If you have a specific question or idea for content, please email the editor at meweditor@mortons.co.uk. For questions about your subscription etc. please contact emailqueries@mortons.co.uk.

Model Engineer & Workshop survey

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