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Re British Kits in RCM&E
I did a review of the 'DB Mascot' - see 'RCM&E' March 2021.
However the Editor isn't really interested unless he can get traction from the distributor or manufacturer/dealer i.e. Advertising revenue ! Why the current model plan/kit review and lo and behold, an advert of often multi pages, colour even better, not far away in the magazineĀ š
I give 'RCM&E' 5 years and that's being optimistic. Look at a copy from 5, 10 years and moreĀ ago, see how the content and style has changed. IMHO not for the better. Never see a bad review or some glib throw away lines 'This kit at a mere Ā£900.00 didn't include a pilot so I picked one out of the spares box'. I use an App on PC/Phone called 'Readily' for the price of not much more than one copy of 'RCM&E' per month, I get magazines including Model Aircraft i.e. 'Model Airplane News' (USA), 'FMT', 'Flugmodell', (Germany) 'Aufwind' (Swiss), plus all daily UK & Global National Newspapers, and magazines on any subject you can think of. Can print off articles I want, disregard the rest and get a wider perspective on modelling. Yes, it's nice to hold a piece of paper but these days 'RCM&E', it's justĀ too late with the story, info or review. It's been and done on one of the 'YouTube' channels as soon as, if not before the kit reaches these shores. Want to know how to or see a model actually perform, someone somewhere has already made a useful video about it AND often the issues they never mention in the magazine.
Sad about Cambria/Cambrian closing down. I built and flew theirĀ kits from the start e.g. 'Instructor' circa 1978, 'Capstan', 'Me109' & 'FW190'.
As Bob Zimmerman sangĀ 'The times they are a changin'