Finally, a pic in Armour Modelling!

Congrats, J-hulk. That mag is quite rare here, though.
Anyway keep up the good work.

Congrats J-Hulk. Looks like a real good reason to be chuffed with yourself.

Good to see "Fame" hasn't gone to your head and you still talk to us little guys

Looking forward to the post.

Happy Modelling
Peter

Thanks, fellas!

Although neither of these "debuts" is all that significant, it's still a great thrill to see one of my babies in print!

But the real "debut" was when I first posted pix here on the FSM site. I didn't know what to expect! The best thing to me is the feedback and support you get from the community here. Although it's extremely cool to see your stuff in a magazine, you don't get anywhere near the personal feedback that you do here in the forums.

I'm still pretty proud to be published, though!

EXCELLENT!!! Contrats!

Ron.

QUOTE: J-Hulk Kitbashed Japan 1494 Posts RE: Finally, a pic in Armour Modelling! - 10/10/2003 : 07:29:24 Thanks, fellas! Although neither of these "debuts" is all that significant, it's still a great thrill to see one of my babies in print!

Sure it is J-Hulk, Big Time Congrats my friend!

J-Hulk,
far too modest!
congratulations!!
the thing to consider is:
while your posts and pics here will get more feedback, it is mostly 'preaching to the choir'. the forum represents a relatively motivated group of modelers and something of a close-knit 'family'. (not that this is a bad thing!)
but getting your stuff in a magazine gives you an opportunity to show your stuff to a broader audience and perhaps inspire even more modelers or would-be modelers!
it really IS a big deal.
just don't let it go to your head! ;-)

ed.

Awesome Brian!! Don't think it's an insignificant article just couse it's toward the back!! You did a great job on that E-100 and I'm proud for ya!! Keep up the good work and lets see a big layout in FSM one day!!

Oh, and like the others said...Don't let it swell your head up, it's big enough already!!!

Good job man!!

Eric

Brian,

My heart felt congratulations, my friend. I am so happy for you. What a thrill to know that someone else thought enough of what you did to publish it. That's another big difference from putting stuff up here. And you deserve to have it published. I suppose we can stand to have your head a LITTLE bigger, just don't let it get any greener!! (Unless it's a little more olive drab, of course!!)

Bill

Thanks for all the kind words, fellas!

No need worrying about me getting a big head--there's NO WAY this melon of mine could get any bigger!

I just hope an issue or two makes its way over to Europe or North America. If any of you fine folk happen to see it, please let me know! It's the November issue, with a bunch of Pnzr IVs on the cover.

It's all in Japanese, but you should be able to recognize Big E!

Warmest congrats to you on your success, Brian. It is well desrved. It is a great thrill to be published, isn't it? At least I can finally see someone I know in one of these pubs! I'm pretty sure that the mag doesn't make it out to the states, so is there any way that you might be able to scan it and send a few of us a copy?

demono69

Atta go Brian !!!!!!!

Brian-sama:
Omedeto once more ! ur fighting vehicle has many liveliness and brings much honor to its maker. (gomen nasai, i've been reading those Hasegawa instruction sheet translations again)
frosty

Brian,
now that i have had more time to think about it, i have come up w/ an excellent idea:
since the magazine is hard to find outside of Japan,
and you are IN Japan,
i think we should treat it like a "hole in one".
instead of you taking us back to the clubhouse for drinks,
you can just buy a copy for each of us and mail them out!
then we can truly appreciate your accomplishment!

let me know when you need my address!
(chortling as if i were funny)
ed.

I'll second that idea!!

Hope you've got deep pockets, Brian!

Bill

Doumo, doumo!
Shikashi, zenzen taishita koto ja nai kara, chotto hazukashii ne.
Ma, yappari ureshii kedo ne!

How good is your Japanese, Frosty? You seem to have a pretty good understanding! Your homework is to translate the above. It's written in the Hepburn style of romanization, if that's any help!

Also, I hope the charmly amenity of each greater happiness equals you. And warmthful greet! (typical mangled English rampant in Japanese advertising!)

Thanks, Frosty.

Sherm and Demono, thanks, guys! I gotta tell ya, this has really motivated me to focus more than ever on making the best models I can. Of course, I've always tried to do my best, but I have a real low "ah, that's good enough!!" threshold, and sometimes I let stuff slide that I should spend more time on.

Like this Tiger II sitting next to me on the desk here!
Back to it!

Thanks again, all!

Wow, gygene does good. Congrats Brian. That's quite the coupe you earned.
I'll be looking forward to Tamiyas magazine here for your stuff.

Mike

Good job J-hulk. I was wondering if there any hobby stores in the U.S. that carry Armour Modelling, I have not seen that magizine before.

Mark, Greatmodels doesn't list it. They have some of the Tamiya mags and Koku Fan, but I think that's aircraft.

Sorry

Bill

Congrats Brian!

Hey all;
Do you think we should "appoint" him as the " US Modeling Ambassador to Japan"?

Way to go, Brian!
When you start sending copies to everyone, would it be to much trouble if you signed mine. Would you have it say, "To Trevor, my good friend. With out you I would not be the modeler that I am today." or would it be better if you said something like how you learned everthing from me. Well just put whatever you think sounds better.

It doesn't surprise me. Truely impressive stuff Brian. It would be cool to see it live in print. Good luck on any future projects.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

Sweeet! Way to go bro. You're going to be a regular celebrity over there...something like Yokozuna!

Roy

Congratulations, Brian ! Great to see a "local" boy make good !
'E's an impressive modeler, 'E is !

Congrats J-Hulk! How proud are you? Navin R Johnson says that you're really somebody when you get your name in print. I'll have to go and check that one out when it hits the stands. I'm impressed.

madda

Congrats my friend, Congrats. I'm estatic over your getting published. I've figured I will be a "good" modeler when I can get one in FSM's "Reader Gallery". That's my long term goal. So I know you've got to be on cloud 9.

Hi J-Hulk and his nice fellow modellers here in FSM.

Congratulations to J-Hulk for your "debuts" to the most famous AFV mag in Japan! I am from Military Modellers Club of Osaka city. Yes, J-Hulk's home in Japan.

I am looking forward to seeing your next project on "Armour modelling" magazine.

And I am so happy to know that J-Hulk has many good friends here, let me join this great forum,please.

easyeight / Norio Takemura,

Thanks again, ya'll!

Mr Takemura, welcome to FSM, my friend!
Or should I call you "Rakuhachi" here? (Easyeight!)

Thanks to Mr. Takemura and the other great guys of the Military Modellers Club of Osaka (that's the Naniwa Sensha-tai ya'll always hear me talking about), I really got motivated to put a lot more effort into this hobby, and now look at me! Pix in a mag!

Mr. Takemura is a contributing writer to Armour Modelling, and one of his fantastic dioramas will be featured in next month's issue.

I can't tell ya'll what a cool thing it is to have Mr. Takemura joining the FSM forums. He and his wealth of knowledge will be a priceless edition to the other great folks we have here.

Plus, since his Japanese is a little bit better than mine, he and I can combine forces here to help spread all the cool Japanese modeling news to you fine folks around the world!

Plus, he can tell ya if I'm just plain making stuff up! Heh heh heh!
Just kiddin'...ol' J-Hulk wouldn't do that to ya'll, would he? Nooooo!

So, let's all give Mr. Takemura a great big welcome to the FSM forum!

Welcome Mr. Takemura.

Let me one of the first to say Hi and Glad to have you join us! J-Hulk has told us about how much he enjoys Japan and makes it sound just wonderful (especally if your a modeller). And it's nice to finally meet one of his Japanese friends.

We look forward to you sharing any wisdom you can with us. We love to talk models, history, accomplishments and even about topics not related to glueing plastic pieces together and painting.

So again Welcome and enjoy the ride.

Welcome aboard, Mr. Takemura!
you will find the armor crew to be a helpful & fun-loving bunch.
great support and great folks.
plenty of room here for another voice.
this forum spans the globe and a wide array of enthusiastic modelers. one of the few places "diversity" is not merely a buzzword.
looking forward to your input.
and having someone to keep Brian honest!
(who said that !?!) [:0]

ed.