[OT] A suggestion for FSM subscribtions...

Unless they repack it (or buy expensive repacked hobbyist bottlings), there is no such thing as a 'small' bottle over here--the smallest bottle I've seen here is about 800ml, which will last for years. This will drastically increase mailing cost, delay delivery and cause a lot of overhead issues at the publisher's.

Mark Schynert

Johnson's Klear is (I believe) the equivalent in the UK?

Sounds like the perfect start for some good old fashioned trading. I've been trading with a gent in Scotland for years, always fun.

Where are you located, Yuri? Maybe we can do some trading. E-mail me if you like and the first thing off to you will be a bottle of Future. Things that are hard for you to get may be common here and vice versa.

Tom

That's right and I use it all the time. FSM had an article a few months ago that listed the name in countries all over the owrld, although at the time there was a feeling that some of these differed slightly in composition.

David

Well, I don't know in the States, but here in Italy almost every magazine has some sort of strange (mostly useless) gadget to increase sales (T-shirts, bags, sunglasses and so on): this could be instead a smart one :)

More or less. From what I heard the only difference is that Klear has in fact a milky appearance, while Future is as clear as water.

The only 'goodies' I'm aware of coming in US mags come in women's magazines. Usually they are samples of shampoo, hair conditioner or perfume. Most just stink up the magazine. ;<

Bill Banaszak, MFE not that I read them, you know...

I look at the pictures, drool, turn the page...

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Yeah, we get crap over here too. Junk radios, football shaped phones. Cheap crap that doesn't last long. Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

I am also a subscriber to FSM, and it appears that when the magazine is sold at newsagents in the UK it quite often includes a special gift i.e. sanding sticks, decal sheets etc, that are not included in the subscription copies.

It bugs me when I see an issue in the store 3 weeks after I have had my copy in the mail with a decal sheet attached that wasn't included with the subscriber copy.

I don't know if these goodies are added by the UK distributor, but it sure is annoying !!

I subscribe directly to ensure I get my issues as the supply here in darkest South Wales can be a little hit & miss, as it seems only the big city stores seem to carry FSM.

Happy modelling.

Ant Phillips

Well I buy my FSM in Smiths in Ipswich and I have never received anything like a free gift (oh and I bought some earlier in the year from Borders in Swindon - same thing).

David

The bastards! I've never seen anything like that stateside. Must be the UK distributor. Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Not so Keeper, when my subscription ran out a couple of years ago, I'd get the occasional copy at my local hobby store. A couple of times a year it would be there in a plastic bag with some kind of goodies inside. Last one that I got had four mini paint brushes inside, useful for figure work.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

I wouldn't say 'often', but we do get the occasional gift here in Australia, too. About the only reason to buy the mag, in my opinion.

RobG

That does it! Where'd I put FSM's address? I want some free, limited edition decals damnit! THIS IS ALL A PLOT AGAINST ME, ISN'T IT?!

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Keeper drooled all over his keyboard and wrote/typed..........Admittedly with a smiley....

The newstand will still have FSM before the subscribers :-)

Rick