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                        What part of FSM do you read first?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        What part of FSM do you read first?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:24 PM

                        For me it would be the galleries.

                        Will

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                        Foster7155
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Pensacola, FL
                        Posted by Foster7155 on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:49 PM
                        If you don't count the front cover and the table of contents, I always read the Editor's Page first.

                        Robert Foster

                        Pensacola Modeleers

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                        osher
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Edgware, London
                        Posted by osher on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:53 PM
                        Reviews of new kits
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                        Hippy-Ed
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Stockton,Ca
                        Posted by Hippy-Ed on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:21 PM
                         Foster7155 wrote:
                        If you don't count the front cover and the table of contents, I always read the Editor's Page first.


                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] I start at the front pade & work my way back. Scanning thru it first. Then I go back & read it from cover to coverTongue [:P]
                        If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything
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                        Dave23
                        • Member since
                          May 2006
                        • From: Oklahoma
                        Posted by Dave23 on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:42 PM
                        I always flip to the last, don't know why, but I do it with every mag I pick up. Most mags have some interesting tidbit lurking back there, guess thats why. Then I go back and start at the front.

                        -dave

                        -d

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                        Glamdring
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Nashotah, WI
                        Posted by Glamdring on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:03 PM
                        The table of contents and then the Editor's page. 

                        Robert 

                        "I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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                        gambit3131
                        • Member since
                          July 2006
                        • From: Euless, TX
                        Posted by gambit3131 on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:56 PM
                        I only read the articles and don't look at the pictures.  Oh, sorry, wrong magazine.

                        I read the user tips first.  I find many of them very interesting and I can read them quickly.  Then I read the main articles and last I read whatever is left over that I find interesting.
                        IN THE HANGAR: amt ERTL Airwolf 1:48 (In progress) Monogram A-37 Dragonfly 1:48 (Production halted due to frustration)
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                        bilbirk
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan
                        Posted by bilbirk on Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:18 AM
                        The front coverClown [:o)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:34 AM

                        Lol, no, really, besides the cover.

                        Will

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                        m1garand
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                          November 2005
                        • From: Somewhere over the rainbow
                        Posted by m1garand on Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:06 AM

                        Very first thing I read is the new kit review pages and then off to the photo galleries. 

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                        Hippy-Ed
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Stockton,Ca
                        Posted by Hippy-Ed on Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:36 AM
                         Will7813 wrote:

                        Lol, no, really, besides the cover.

                        Will



                        Now ya gotta read the cover first. How else will ya know it's the FSM Mag?!!Big Smile [:D]Wink [;)]
                        If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything
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                        overkillphil
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Indiana
                        Posted by overkillphil on Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:13 PM
                        I start at the front and work my way back.  Won't necessarily read the whole thing in order, but that's usually where I start.
                        my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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                        ChrisB
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by ChrisB on Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:53 PM

                        I usually go to the galleries first ,then do a quick recce from the front and then read it, and read it again. Then it gets added to the mountain in the spare room to await its turn to be re-readWink [;)]!

                        Chris

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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Friday, August 18, 2006 8:10 PM

                         overkillphil wrote:
                        I start at the front and work my way back.  Won't necessarily read the whole thing in order, but that's usually where I start.

                        Yep, that's me. I try to save the Galleries if I can, just because it's such a treat to view them. Last is the reviews, because that is my favorite place.

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

                         Eric 

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                        redd_34
                        • Member since
                          June 2006
                        • From: Wendell, NC, USA
                        Posted by redd_34 on Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:16 AM

                        Front to Back.

                        Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Don't worry about it!
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                        jwb
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: Parkton, NC
                        Posted by jwb on Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:22 AM
                         Dave23 wrote:
                        I always flip to the last, don't know why, but I do it with every mag I pick up. Most mags have some interesting tidbit lurking back there, guess thats why. Then I go back and start at the front.

                        -dave


                        Are you left handed? Do you do it for all mags?

                        I do the same thing for every mag I read- and I notice my daughter does, and she's left handed.

                        Just curious. Now back to our regular subject.... Wink [;)]

                        Jon Bius

                        AgapeModels.com- Modeling with a Higher purpose

                        "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~ Jeremiah 29:11

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                        jwb
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: Parkton, NC
                        Posted by jwb on Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:23 AM
                         redd_34 wrote:

                        Front to Back.

                        Thumbs Up [tup]



                        Ditto.

                        Welcome redd_34..... I'm just down the road from you, right outside of Fayetteville.

                        Jon Bius

                        AgapeModels.com- Modeling with a Higher purpose

                        "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~ Jeremiah 29:11

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                        smokinguns3
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: San Tan Valley,AZ
                        Posted by smokinguns3 on Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:05 AM
                        Got to be the centerfold OOPS worng Mag.Big Smile [:D] It would have to be the cover and then witch ever articles spark my intrest.
                        Rob I think i can I think i can
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                        Dave23
                        • Member since
                          May 2006
                        • From: Oklahoma
                        Posted by Dave23 on Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:34 AM
                         jwb wrote:
                         Dave23 wrote:
                        I always flip to the last, don't know why, but I do it with every mag I pick up. Most mags have some interesting tidbit lurking back there, guess thats why. Then I go back and start at the front.

                        -dave


                        Are you left handed? Do you do it for all mags?

                        I do the same thing for every mag I read- and I notice my daughter does, and she's left handed.

                        Just curious. Now back to our regular subject.... Wink [;)]


                        Yep, every mag. I'm right handed, but my Dad is left handed.

                        -dave

                        -d

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                        bilbirk
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan
                        Posted by bilbirk on Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:47 PM
                        I read from  front to back
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:57 PM
                         redd_34 wrote:

                        Front to Back.

                        Thumbs Up [tup]

                         

                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

                        Hooker_JL

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                        MikeMKIIC
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        • From: Suburban Philadelphia
                        Posted by MikeMKIIC on Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:53 PM
                        Kit reviews for me unless an article jumps out  and grabs me.
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                        MortarMagnet
                        • Member since
                          May 2006
                        Posted by MortarMagnet on Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:51 AM
                        I've got a really easy pattern I follow each and every time.  First, I examine the cover.  After that is over and I'm back inside the apartment, I look at all the pictures front to back.  Later on, it follows me into the throne room, where I read in this order:   I read the editor's page, workbench reviews, gallery captions, the historical thingy in the back, and then the rest front to back.  It usually take a few sittings.
                        Brian
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Friday, August 25, 2006 11:36 AM

                         Hippy-Ed wrote:
                         Foster7155 wrote:
                        If you don't count the front cover and the table of contents, I always read the Editor's Page first.


                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] I start at the front pade & work my way back. Scanning thru it first. Then I go back & read it from cover to coverTongue [:P]

                        Ditto.

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