New Modelling Magazine - Looks Good.
New Modelling Magazine - Looks Good.
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dr_gn

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208 months

Sunday 1st April 2012
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"Super Model International" [win-win even if there might have been confusion about the contents].

Polish publication, but written in English. Looks promising - no endless background crap about the subjects, and/or how to open a tin of paint. Appears to concentrate on advanced modelling techniques. Every other issue is dedicated to aircraft, remainder vehicles apparently (which seems a great idea).

Full review here:

http://www.scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboom/index.ph...

Eric Mc

124,904 posts

289 months

Sunday 1st April 2012
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Looks excellent - although I couldn't see any reference to 1/72 anywhere.

dr_gn

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Sunday 1st April 2012
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Eric Mc said:
Looks excellent - although I couldn't see any reference to 1/72 anywhere.
Hmmm. I doubt they could dedicate an entire series of magazines to 1:32 even though it appears to be so in the first issue. I'll ask on the SP&R forum about that.

It seems a bit pricey - guess delivery will add a bit to the £12 cover price, but if the content is as it appears i.e. 100% fairly advanced techniques and not many adverts, then it will probably be better value than four issues of, say the Airfix mag for a similar price.

72twink

963 posts

266 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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Looks to be a clone (top end builds with minimum ads) of AFV/AIR Modeler at twice the cover price - that said anything with a G6 on the cover gets my attention .........

Eric Mc

124,904 posts

289 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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Hmmm - £12 exceeds my "marginal utility" threshold for a magazine.

dr_gn

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Monday 2nd April 2012
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72twink said:
Looks to be a clone (top end builds with minimum ads) of AFV/AIR Modeler at twice the cover price - that said anything with a G6 on the cover gets my attention .........
If they're the ones I'm thinking of, there's not much on technique, more pictures of completed models with a brief description of techniques?

GJB

470 posts

282 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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Not cheap but looks like a really good magazine for true enthusiasts.

My business keeps me busy a lot of the time and when I have free time I tend to collapse in a big heap....and relax! So my model making days are long gone....until maybe I retire. I always enjoyed doing the research and painting/weathering but once the model was made never quite knew what to do with them. Doesn't take long, especially in the larger scales, to fill up every vaialble shelf, nook and cranny.

Love looking at the builds as they progress on here and also on britmodeller.com