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                        How' ed You find FSM?????????

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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        How' ed You find FSM?????????
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, June 4, 2004 6:19 PM
                        for me, i found it at my local supermarket.
                        John
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                        qmiester
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Central USA
                        Posted by qmiester on Friday, June 4, 2004 7:16 PM
                        Don't remember how I found it - but still have it - Vol 1, No 1
                        Quincy
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 4, 2004 7:23 PM
                        I found it at the book store, in the magazine rack in front. I've picked up a few other ones, but it's still my favorite magazine.

                        Nat
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Friday, June 4, 2004 8:00 PM
                        Hobby store was where I first started getting them.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Foster7155
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pensacola, FL
                        Posted by Foster7155 on Friday, June 4, 2004 8:49 PM
                        Local Hobby Shop here.

                        Robert

                        Robert Foster

                        Pensacola Modeleers

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                        kaleu
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Racing capital of the world- Indy
                        Posted by kaleu on Friday, June 4, 2004 8:53 PM
                        Local hobby shop here as well.
                        Erik "Don't fruit the beer." Newest model buys: More than I care to think about. It's time for a support group.
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, June 4, 2004 9:23 PM
                        WOW. Vol. 1 No.1
                        What was that like, and when did it come out?
                        John
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                        paulnchamp
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Warwick, RI
                        Posted by paulnchamp on Friday, June 4, 2004 10:11 PM
                        Found it on a newstand on Cape Cod while on vacation back in 1987, and I still have that issue. It featured an article on 1/700 scale ships which I was obsessed with at the time. After reading it I subscribed immediately! And it's still the best thing I find in my mailbox (well, after a tax refund, that is!)
                        Paul
                        Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 4, 2004 10:24 PM
                        I first started in july of 97, my grocery store always puts one away for me and calls to say its in.
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                        luke
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: -
                        Posted by luke on Friday, June 4, 2004 10:24 PM
                        newsagency, while looking at military aircraft magazines.
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                        fightnjoe
                        • Member since
                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, June 4, 2004 11:25 PM
                        believe it or not the same way i found the forum. by a friend.

                        joe

                        Veterans,

                        Thank You For Your Sacrifices,

                        Never To Be Forgotten

                        Where you can find me:

                        Workbench on FaceBook  Google Plus  YouTube

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, June 5, 2004 1:09 AM
                        I found the forum first. Was while I was laid up the first time and looked up on the shelf and saw an old model and thought I would search around and see what the internet had on them. This was the first place that popped up and just so happened I stumbled into the armor forum and got hooked.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 5:28 AM
                        The mag I get from a bookshop, the forum site I was invited to join by a friend.
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                        midnightprowler
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: East Bethel, MN
                        Posted by midnightprowler on Saturday, June 5, 2004 11:57 AM
                        Local hobby shop for me.
                        Lee

                        Hi, I am Lee, I am a plastiholic.

                        Co. A, 682 Engineers, Ltchfield, MN, 1980-1986

                        1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

                        Ask me about Speedway Decals

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 12:30 PM
                        Supermarket.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 1:20 PM
                        www.google.com

                        Search by: +modelers +community

                        It wil generate armorama.com and FSM. Ive choiced FSM by heart. Never tried the another one

                        I hope not to be wrong Wink [;)]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 2:56 PM
                        I first saw FSM in a newstand sometime in 1993. I had just returned to building after a 25 year or so absence. The hobby had changed so much. I needed the information (resin? photo etch?) and mail-order phone numbers. No hobby shops around here, and I don't drive (HATE cars !)
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Saturday, June 5, 2004 4:57 PM
                        Local hobby shop. I subscribed, dropped it for awhile and have been a consistant subscriber for many years now.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        mojodoctor
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: Shell Beach, California
                        Posted by mojodoctor on Saturday, June 5, 2004 5:39 PM
                        The local hobby shop for me many moons ago!!
                        Matt Fly fast, fly low, turn left!
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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Saturday, June 5, 2004 8:52 PM
                        FSM and I entered the modeling world at about the same time, back in the early 80's. I had been building for a year or so and had just joined a club when FSM first came out.

                        My Dad and I (I was about 10 or so) used to hang out at one of the local shops with the club crowd every Saturday morning and were able to get our hands on the very first pilot ish of FSM. Not Vol.1 #1, but the first feeler ish they sent out. (The rags with all the blank spaces where the ads will go.)

                        Anyhoo, I have every ish of FSM up until late 2003.


                        Fade to Black...

                        Steve O. Reno Check Out My Photo Sets on Flickr

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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, June 5, 2004 8:53 PM
                        At a local newsagent quite a few years ago whilst purchasing a Model railroad Magizine, FSM had a photo of a model that I was building at the time as a break from railway modeling, been buying ever since.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        leemitcheltree
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Washington State
                        Posted by leemitcheltree on Sunday, June 6, 2004 1:44 AM
                        First one I ever found was May/June 1984 at a news stand - I was blown away by Paul Budzik's article on enhancing Tamiya 1/12 scale bikes -
                        And after all these years, it's still the best quality plastic modeling mag on the market.

                        Cheers, LeeTree
                        Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:28 AM
                        Found my first copy at the LHS. I bought it, I loved it and I subscribed.
                        I don't have a subscribtion at the moment, but I will once I have the money.
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                        seanrgb4
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: UK er the 3rd world
                        Posted by seanrgb4 on Sunday, June 6, 2004 11:56 AM
                        found it on the internet
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                        Jim Barton
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by Jim Barton on Sunday, June 6, 2004 4:11 PM
                        The first time I ever saw FSM was I think the January, 1996 issue that featured a great big RC Lancaster "dam buster." I had just rediscovered scale modeling and my friend Juan in Hawaii sent it over because he wanted me to see that Lancaster. I bought the magazine in fits and starts for a year or so, then finally subscribed, I think in 1997 or 1998. Down through the years, I've picked up a lot of back issues at model shows and hobby shops--even was lucky to find Volume 1, Number 1 for just a couple of bucks at a hobby shop in Orange County, California. I don't have ALL the back issues and I'm not really out to get too many of the oldest issues, but I think I got all of them from about 1995 on.

                        "Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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                        jblittle254
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Philadelphia
                        Posted by jblittle254 on Sunday, June 6, 2004 10:15 PM
                        I got a little postcard in an order that I received from Squadron.com, a few months ago. It offered a free issue, so I signed up for it. It was the best magazine I'd ever read, so I immediately opted for a full subscription.

                        -Jonathan
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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Monday, June 7, 2004 3:30 AM
                        Saw it on a stand in a LHS, bought it, read it and subscribed as it was really cheap that way. Carried on with the subscription for about 4 years then stopped but resubscribed about 3 years ago and wish I hadn't stopped.
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 10:13 AM
                        First time I saw Finescale, it was in my local Chapters (book store). Since then, I got it from my LHS, then a subscription.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 10:03 AM
                        i found my dads old fsm mags from the 80's when i was 10 ,now seven years later me and my dad goto the closest hobby shop to get them.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 11:25 PM
                        Used to buy the mag off the rack at hte local modeling store, that was before they were on the internet this big. On internet stumbled across them by accident looking for airbrush and compressor advice.
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