Suggestions for our favorite magazine. AKA miscellaneous grumbling.

All good ideas, pauln. 

One thing I've noticed over the past few years is that my reading time of the magazine is getting shorter (and I read every article). It takes me, on avaerage, about 2.5 hours to read the entire magazine. When I first subscribed (close to 20 years ago), it took me almost 5 hours to read through it (although not at one sitting). So, the content has gone down, but I've also noticed the price has gone up. Hmmmmmmmm...............

I think it would be awesome to have a column on each of main types of models we do. Planes, ships, tanks, cars, sci-fi, figures, etc. It may be a thicker magazine, but I would pay a little more per year. 

pauln

  

   Given all the articles on airbrushing/finishing I think it would be a big benefit in the kit review section to show the models assembled but with no finish, no filling of sink marks, no filling of gaps and so on.  This would give us a more accurate and objective look at new products.

 

Devil Dawg

...........the content has gone down, but I've also noticed the price has gone up. Hmmmmmmmm...............

 

I've been noticing the price for all magazines is now beginning to nudge the $10.00 price ( though not yet FSM ) and can't help wonder how long printed magazines will continue to be sold.

Call me old fashioned but I still like have a magazine in my hands.  I work on a computer all day and try to avoid them at home.

Mike

You Know;

   I have read the replies and I feel this way .We need to be glad we have a mag to talk about and a website to come to . Everything has a wish list of things . I believe this site and mag are the Cat's Meow . Sure it could be more . Couldn't everything ?  T.B.

Bring back the April Fools day joke page(last page of issue). I miss that. 

And bring back letting us know the next issue date. I hate wondering when my favorite magazine is going to show up. :-( 

Buckeye

Call me old fashioned but I still like have a magazine in my hands.  ............

Mike

and magazines don't requre batteries

pauln

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   Given all the articles on airbrushing/finishing I think it would be a big benefit in the kit review section to show the models assembled but with no finish, no filling of sink marks, no filling of gaps and so on.  This would give us a more accurate and objective look at new products.

 

 

I would modify that this way, I would like to see the sprues layed out.

Buckeye

Call me old fashioned but I still like have a magazine in my hands.  I work on a computer all day and try to avoid them at home.

Mike

 

X2. I hate reading digitally.

I am now doing a monthly column on figures for Fine Scale and the first installment was the Jan 2016 issue. I hope you all like it and please let me know if I can be of any help. Joe

When I have to sit on the "throne," I can take a magazine with me and read it while I'm doing my thing. I can't do that with my desktop!

Jim Barton

When I have to sit on the "throne," I can take a magazine with me and read it while I'm doing my thing. I can't do that with my desktop!

I was under the impression that sort of situation was la raison d'être for the iPad Mini........

"Buckeye"

Call me old fashioned but I still like have a magazine in my hands.  I work on a computer all day and try to avoid them at home.

Mike

I second what Mike said. I like having the ability to "dog ear" pages for future reference, and being new to modelling it will be a big help to be able to lay out the magazine next to a build to follow the step-by-step process of a certain application. Laptop and Pads need to be refreshed when not touched after a certain amount of time.

Highlander242

I am now doing a monthly column on figures for Fine Scale and the first installment was the Jan 2016 issue. I hope you all like it and please let me know if I can be of any help. Joe

 

Hey, Highlander! I have read those articles and they are great! Perfect amount of detail in the article to keep me from having a lot of questions. I'm not a figure painter at all, but what you've talked about and demonstrated is very useful for every area of modeling. Keep up the great work!

Gary Mason

The one thing I always notice is when FSM shows photos of airbrushing----there is never any paint in the airbrush cup. Why?

I am not at all interested in armor, and would not miss it a bit if it disappeared from the pages.  Perhaps a separate publication for those who are interested would be a good idea.  I think there has been way too much armor lately.  To each, his own......