Hello all. Magazine ?

[k6whwParticipant @k6whw]

I am new to the site and forum. I live across the pond in Northern California. I have a question. I just subscribed to the digital form of Model Boats Magazine (printed version was not available to my location). How can I get a printed copy of the featured free plans that came with the issue. I do not see it as a down-loadable document. The drawing is displayed on multiple pages and I am not really fond of the cut and paste approach. Any light shed would be appreciated. Thanks in advance….. Breck

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Hi Breck.

The free plan drawing is provided in several PDF files which have to be printed out and assembled to give the full A1 size plan. so I am afraid cut and paste is the only option.

This has been discussed at some length and the alternative of providing a single page means that the file would need to be taken to a facility that can print it out at A1 size. The consensus among users is that they want to be able to print out the plan on their home printers which are normally A4 size.

Colin

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

You can of course convert the pdf files into jpgs, paste them together in an image editing software and then get the file printed out at whatever size you want.

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Worth mentioning that it’s only recent copies of the digital magazine that have the PDFs of the free plans. Previous ones didn’t have the free plans at all.

Chris

[k6whwParticipant @k6whw]

Thanks guys. I am viewing the mag thru a page called “Pocketmags.com” and can not find it in PDF form??

Wen I right click on the drawing I am not given a choice to save but only to print: when I choose print it tells me that there is not printing from this issue. Could be something to do with Pocketmags???

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

To be honest I’m confused over what part Pocketmags plays in viewing digital copies nowadays? I’ve just had a look and there’s only a small number of the magazines there with the latest being August 2022.

But if I go via the Menu bars on this forum and then Archive I get all the magazines available.

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Breck

If you go via Archive you view the magazine via the online viewer but I see you have an option to download which I would assume would be in PDF format? And as I said it’s only the last few mags that have free plans available.

Chris

[k6whwParticipant @k6whw]

Thanks Chris, I will check it out.

[Chris EParticipant @chrise]

As a digital subscriber you have full access to the archive. In my experience this is much the best place to download from.

If you select print you can print as many pages as you wish to pdf.

As has been said above it is a 10 minute job to electronically join the plan pages to get an overall plan. As a hint 1 & 2 and then 3 & 4 etc join edge to edge but 2 & 3 etc have an overlap. There is also an overlap on all vertical joins.

I convert all pages to .jpg (300dpi) using PDF24 and then trim and join to get the full plan in Irfanview. The tiled pages suit my printer very well. If we only got an overall plan converting it to print on an A4 printer to get a model of the right size might be very tricky.

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