Too much Armour!!!!!

zokissima wrote:

IMO there is too much aircraft. Not enough armour. As for ships, well, I dunno, personally I think there are just enough. It's a very niche genre, and even as such, we usually see a ship feature in every issue.

Yes, I agree. However, you've (FSM) done better getting more armor articles than in the past. Obviously counting the posts by the armor forum is second only to the aircraft forum, we are due our fill of heavy metal.

One place that airplanes totally dominate is the kit reviews. Way toooooo many. Armor kits are released frequently, but rarely get covered. Always a landslide of A/C reviews. How about some A/M reviews?

I feel for the ship guys, for I like them too. It would be nice to see a bit of balance with all areas of interest.

I have already weighed in on this topic before (see the Forum heading "A Bias...." from October-ish), but I think it is laughable to suggest there is too much armor .  EVERY issue of FSM (and, as was the topic of the aforementioned forum, virtually every cover) has aircraft in it, at least one article.  Many have several.  Not every issue has an armor articles in it, and rarely is there an issue with multiple articles devoted to armor.  Of course, this is being written by a guy who primarily does armor, so for me, the more the better.  Still, I agree with the earlier posts that said there is something to be learned in every issue and the skills from one genre easily transfer to others. 

Now, how about some more armor?!!!

Hmmm.

I tend to agree with the fact that there is too much armour in FSM. But it would seem that I'm the only one here who'd like to see some cars (like WRC, F1, DTM, Nascar) every once in a while.

I know that they've got a mag of their own, but for a magazine that calls itself FSM, a bit more diversity in the subjects wouldn't hurt.

This minor gripe aside, it IS a very nice mag and a very interesting read. And, as pointed out in another reply, there's something to learn in every issue, because a lot of the techniques featured can be aplied on cars and so on.

Just my 2 €cents...

Axel.

IMO there is too much aircraft. Not enough armour.

As for ships, well, I dunno, personally I think there are just enough. It's a very niche genre, and even as such, we usually see a ship feature in every issue.

Matthew Usher wrote:

Amanda is an Assistant Editor here at FSM world HQ. M.

53ryder wrote:

I'm sure David Voss has 'oodles' of lackeys or minions who will get right on this! If, but some strange reason, he doesn't have any 'oodles' then he'll get Jeff Herne to fix it!

Bgrigg wrote:

David Voss wrote:  Duke Maddog wrote: And with Jeff Herne on staff now I think you'll see a few more ship articles now. I may be the only one to find the humor in this, but this afternoon a copy of the Jan. issue landed on my desk.  Check out the cover story.    SHIP HOW-TO A fish our of water? Anybody proofread anymore?

I'm sure David Voss has 'oodles' of lackeys or minions who will get right on this! If, but some strange reason, he doesn't have any 'oodles' then he'll get Jeff Herne to fix it!

Glenn

David Voss wrote:

Duke Maddog wrote: And with Jeff Herne on staff now I think you'll see a few more ship articles now. I may be the only one to find the humor in this, but this afternoon a copy of the Jan. issue landed on my desk.  Check out the cover story.

He he. Interesting....

I only build WWII aircraft - and only in 1/48 scale. I have found that there is something for me in every issue I've seen (that's not a lot though ). But, I read every article and look at all the pictures and I have found that a lot of the techniques used by armor and ship builders can be applied to what I build. Not critisizing anybody, just my opinion. I think FSM does an excellent job of keeping everybody interested.

I wish they had more aircraft though..

Rich

Duke Maddog wrote:

And with Jeff Herne on staff now I think you'll see a few more ship articles now.

Ernie wrote:

This is just an opinion, but I think there is still too many articles on Armour in each issue.

Well, I don't think I can agree with that, but one thing is for certain: there's never enough Godzilla in each issue of FSM. Gamera either, for that matter. And when's the last time you've seen an Ultraman build in the pages of FSM? Never, that's when!
Alas, the truly ignored genre in FSM is Japanese tokusatsu!

Luckily, I also love armor, aircraft, ships, and automobiles, so FSM is just fine for me...and I can read Hobby Japan for the tokusatsu stuff!

Captain Caveman wrote:

Wow i thought there was too mutch aircraft

DITTO!

Glenn

Wow

i thought there was too much aircraft