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Scale Aviation Modeller International
February 2017 • Volume 23 • Issue 2
Editorial
y the time you read
this it will be 2017! I
am sure many of you
like me remember reading
comic books and Sci-Fi novels
in our youth where today
was the distant future?
But where are the flying
cars, matter transporters and
daily flights into space that
we read about back then?
Well if you think about it many
things that we take for granted
today are almost like science
fiction. Complete meals ready in
minutes, televisions that hang on
the wall like a picture and have
hundreds of channels beamed
down from a satellite in space.
And looking at my car’s instrument
panel with its 15-inch colour
multimedia system and Sat Nav
that replaces hundred of vinyl
record and CDs that filled two large
bookcases in our living room. As
well as a whole library full of street
maps from Argyle ``to Zurich
and everywhere in between.,
For the modeller, the main
change like for so many hobbies
was the introduction of the
internet. As a source of information
anything you want to know
about any aircraft or modelling
technique is just a few taps on the
keyboard is away. Local hobby
shops have become an endangered
breed that is close to extinction
as more and more kits and bits
are purchased from countries all
around the world. In fact, my last
three kit purchases (Yes, I do still
buy kits) have come from South
Korea, Russia and New Zealand
rather than just down the road!
Forums mean that any new kits
are immediately dismembered for
the smallest flaws and social media
means that rumours fly around
the world in a matter of seconds,
normally being exaggerated as
they go like a modern version
of Chinese whispers
And of course, this
magazine has had an online
presence since the early days of
the internet with our own website,
Facebook page and for those with
a shiny new tablet for Christmas
you can even buy your magazine
in electrical form to read on it.
So where does that leave the
printed magazine, amazingly sales
are growing in all three of out titles
and our Datafiles in both their
full size and mini format continue
to sell well around the world.
Why is this, well there I have
come up with a number of reasons.
The first is that modellers are
an aging lot who dislike new
technology, well that is certainly
not true though our hobby does
tend to attract the older person
with a disposable income there
are still a lot of younger modellers
out there as shown by last years
magazine survey (Though not
as many as I would like).
The second answer could be
like me many modellers take their
magazine up to their workspace
while they are modelling
and the presence of so many
things in our hobby that could
terminally damage a laptop or
tablet is far too many to list.
And of course the third is that
there is nothing that gives you such
a nice tactile feel like reading a
good old-fashioned book, magazine
or newspaper. And all you need
is a bit of light so no fear of the
batteries running out mid article.
Whatever you reason I thank
you for continuing to purchase
your magazine in whatever
format. And From the SAM
Publications team wish you a
peaceful and prosperous 2017.
David Francis, Editor
david@sampublications.com
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