Don,
I too pay the steep price for RCMW and do so gladly as it is far superior to any magazines RCM, RCR or otherwise to anything we have here. When the reviewer doesn't like something in that mag he doesn't hold back from saying it was a poor design or poor construction and then follows thru with how to fix it.
They also write in a very "cheeky" manner that I enjoy. Great magazine for sure.
Yes, I have build a few models from the free plans too.