For now, yes. It wasn't always like that though, back in the early '60s, they had a bi-monthly entry level magazine called "Model Trains". MR had the "craftsman" articles, while MRC was more or less in between.
Over time, MR, and RMC attained parity, while niche publications like "Mainline Modeler", Model Railroading, RMJ etc. came and went.
Over the past five years or so MR has directed itself to basics, while RMC maintained its target audience of established modelers.
Joe
In fact, Joe, MR's serious decline in content quality aimed toward the traditional model railroader started well before that. Right around 2000 nearly the entire editorial staff turned over and the replacement crew, save perhaps for Dave Popp, simply lacked the model railroading savvy, or talents, of those who had carried the magazine before them. To make matters worse, the last two editors have been toy train enthusiasts, not even scale model railroaders.
This once great magazine, which in the mid 1990's had December issues that contained up to 250 pages, has dwindled to under a monthly 100 page count and even then what little there is left contains almost nothing of value for the serious hobbyist. And quite honestly a good portion of their 1950's Model Trains magazine content was superior to what MR is publishing today! The changes have not gone unnoticed either, as the number of MR subscribers is dropping drastically each year and is now a full 90,000 less than 15 years ago.
NYW&B
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