Why is space so unpopular!!!

sb36 wrote:

I agree, more coverage in this section would be a most welcome thing; however the bulk of readership and overall interset in the hobby is military aircraft and armor. At least we have this area on the forum.

 

Unfortunately, that is the way it goes in bussiness.  No matter how we feel about the hobby, FSM is a bussiness and they have to cater to the spending dollar to keep the magazine alive and well.

 I wonder how much extra it would cost to add maybe 1 extra page to the magazine to at least allow for a short article or review on the topic.  Maybe one page for the topic and the oposite page for another advertiser to help defray the cost.  Or maybe turn it into a back page article.

 

Just a thought.

how about this: instead of adding it to the printed magazine, they add it to the electronic version.  Yes, writing the article will not be free but it would not take away pages from what pays the bills.  Looking at the posts on here, there are plenty of "guest contributors" that could write a periodic article, review a kit, or even have some of the kit designers write an article.  They get the free publicity, and we get something to read that we want.  What do you think?

 

 

The fact that no one had posted anywhere in this subject since 1pm yesterday is probably an indication that we space enthuiasts are truely a minority.

I just ran across this extension to this thread.
I haven't visited this thread in quite awhile because it bored the beejeebers out of me. And I'll bet this isn't getting any traction because of the tiredness of this topic.

Having said that, I agree you guys whole-heartedly!

Tell you what, start a NEW thread with this as a topic and see what kind of response you get.
Plus, you're more likely to get a response from Mr Usher at FSM.

We Real, Historical, Spacecraft modelers might be a force to be reckoned with. At least, we are a legitimate segment of the modeling community.

I would also like to see a separation of Space and Sci-Fi, not necessarily in FSM, but in the modeling community at large. Why this association exists is beyond me. How does an Apollo spacecraft, which actually exists, deserve to be combined with, say, a Star Wars model? Why not combine it with Armour? I've seen plenty of fictional ground equipment, combine those two.

Oops, sorry guys, for that little rant.

Pete

Hi all,

This has been mentioned before, but part of the scarcity of (insert your favorite overlooked subject) articles on  FSM is that people aren't writing them. I know that Matt Usher builds space models because I've read his articles.

If you want to see more, write an article. Writer's Digest magazine just listed FSM in its list of top 50 magazines for freelancers looking to get published! It doesn't hurt to submit an article query, maybe with photos and see what they say. 

In other words, if nobody writes the articles, FSM can't run them. Based on the Writer's Digest article, and the fact that other forum members have had their articles published over the past few years, people posting on this thread could get articles published too!

Regards, 

Well, I guess I need to get off my butt and start building those Space Shuttle Models I've been buying for the past couple of months and take a few pics and try my hand at writing.  Do it from the best prospective possible.  I'd be doing as someone getting back into the hobby after about 20+ years.

why   why   why  well....

limited subject matter

it not like say a p-47 you can buy a dozen of them paint them a dozen ways and they all are different

a saturn v rocket  buy a dozen of them and all you got is 1 .   they only come in one color and that's that

In actuality there are several variations to be built of the Saturn V alone.   The 500F Boiler Plate for assembly check out is the color scheme depicted on the box which didn't actually fly anywhere.  Then there are numerous variations of the paint scheme leading up to the Apollo VIII vehicle.  Apollo V only had a boilerplate CSM mounted and a boilerplate SIV as well if I remember correctly.

Granted by the time of Apollo XI things had settled down on the color scheme to some extent but there were still numerous variations of the markings.  Lets not forget the CSM went from the Block I vehicle prior to Apollo VII to the Block II thereafter which sports numerous detail changes.

I think the same level of subtle changes that occur from say P47B - M occurred in the evolution of the Saturn V as well espeically if you add the Skylab variant at the end of the program.

 

Here's my Saturn V built to represent the craft on display at Kennedy.

JohnMcD348 wrote:

Well, I guess I need to get off my butt and start building those Space Shuttle Models I've been buying for the past couple of months and take a few pics and try my hand at writing.  Do it from the best prospective possible.  I'd be doing as someone getting back into the hobby after about 20+ years.

There you go! I look forward to seeing your article! :)

Seriously, drop Matt Usher an e-mail to see what's required. I'll bet that FSM has authors' guidelines for querying, writing, photos, etc.

Regards,

I'm not sure how my editor would feel about me writing for another magazine.  Besides in the last issue FSM asked for information about hobby rooms and I sent some photos and a short paragraph and never even got an acknowledgement of receipt back over the email.  Ah weel they must be busy.